ICE’s Detention of Pregnant People Continues a Disgraceful American Tradition ICE’s Detention of Pregnant People Continues a Disgraceful American Tradition
We are seeing yet another example of state-sanctioned violence against the reproductive futures of those deemed outside the national body.
The Planet-Sized Hole in Trump’s State of the Union Address The Planet-Sized Hole in Trump’s State of the Union Address
Although climate change received no attention during the president’s speech, Americans must continue to find new ways of making progress against the ongoing environmental crisis.
Has Contemporary Fiction Ignored the Working Class? Has Contemporary Fiction Ignored the Working Class?
Claire Baglin’s bracing On the Clock gives its readers a close look at work behind the fry station, and in the process asks what experiences are missing from mainstream letters.
How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History
The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.
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Opposing Trump’s Cruel Assault on the Cuban People Opposing Trump’s Cruel Assault on the Cuban People
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Clarence Thomas Just Struck Another Blow to Black Power Clarence Thomas Just Struck Another Blow to Black Power
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Japan’s New Climate Bomb—in the US Japan’s New Climate Bomb—in the US
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Democrats Should Launch a “Nuremberg Caucus” to Investigate the Crimes of the Trump Regime Democrats Should Launch a “Nuremberg Caucus” to Investigate the Crimes of the Trump Regime
Feb 26, 2026 / Aaron Regunberg
The Luddite Club Is for Everyone—With Amanda Hanna-McLeer & Lucy Jackson The Luddite Club Is for Everyone—With Amanda Hanna-McLeer & Lucy Jackson
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In the Trump Era, Celebrating Black History Month Feels Radical Again In the Trump Era, Celebrating Black History Month Feels Radical Again
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March 9th, 1964: Hammer of Civil Rights Hammer of Civil Rights
“Exactly one hundred years after Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation for them, Negroes wrote their own document of freedom in their own way.”
Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)
For Jesse Jackson and His Campaign For Jesse Jackson and His Campaign
Jesse Jackson is a serious candidate for the presidency.
Has America Ever Elected a ‘Legitimate’ President? Has America Ever Elected a ‘Legitimate’ President?
Given how hard it is to vote, and how actively some states discourage voting, America elects legal presidents—but not legitimate ones.
Jesse Jackson Is Keeping Hope Alive Jesse Jackson Is Keeping Hope Alive
Veterans of his remarkable insurgent 1988 campaign gather to pay tribute.
Politics
Summer Lee Knows the Real State of the Union Summer Lee Knows the Real State of the Union
The progressive representative from Pennsylvania will speak truth to Trump’s power tonight.
CBS Surrenders to Trump CBS Surrenders to Trump
The network tried to bury an interview critical of Trump. Stephen Colbert made it an indictment of the administration’s assaults on the First Amendment.
What’s Next for US Healthcare? Ask Oklahoma. What’s Next for US Healthcare? Ask Oklahoma.
As Trump continues to dismantle federal agencies, this state shows what happens when a one-party-controlled government makes sweeping public health changes with little resistance….
Books & the Arts
Has Contemporary Fiction Ignored the Working Class? Has Contemporary Fiction Ignored the Working Class?
Claire Baglin’s bracing On the Clock gives its readers a close look at work behind the fry station, and in the process asks what experiences are missing from mainstream letters.
Werner Herzog Between Fact and Fiction Werner Herzog Between Fact and Fiction
The German auteur’s recent book presents a strange, idiosyncratic vision of the concept of “truth,” one that defines how he sees the world and his art.
Do Humans Really Understand the World’s Disorderly Rivers? Do Humans Really Understand the World’s Disorderly Rivers?
In James C. Scott’s last book, In Praise of Floods, he questions the limits of human hegemony and our misplaced sense that we have any control over the Earth’s depleted watershed….
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and the San Quintín Justice Plan Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and the San Quintín Justice Plan
Field workers’ highway blockades send a warning to Mexico’s president.
Walking the Camino in the Shadow of Belief Walking the Camino in the Shadow of Belief
I trudged through Spain as a rift grew within American Catholicism. I returned home with a renewed sense and understanding of faith.
The Cost of US Withdrawal From 66 International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties The Cost of US Withdrawal From 66 International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties
How going it alone reduces our own sovereignty.
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