New York Is Eliminating the Tipped Minimum Wage—Except for Restaurant Workers New York Is Eliminating the Tipped Minimum Wage—Except for Restaurant Workers
For workers who rely on tips, sexual harassment is part of the job. That’s why restaurant workers launched a campaign to end the tipped minimum wage.
Feb 7, 2020 / Bryce Covert
Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel
How a revitalized magazine with its roots in American communism captured the Jewish left.
Feb 6, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah M. Seltzer
We All Deserve An Income Floor: Why the Bold Policy of Guaranteed Income Works We All Deserve An Income Floor: Why the Bold Policy of Guaranteed Income Works
This week on the podcast: How would a universal basic income open up the potential of all people in this country?
Feb 5, 2020 / Podcast / Mia Birdsong
This Year’s Super Bowl Was Blatantly Propagandistic This Year’s Super Bowl Was Blatantly Propagandistic
Kansas City won the big game, but that was a sideshow compared to the political bombast on display.
Feb 4, 2020 / Dave Zirin
Sanders’s Iowa Campaign Has Killer Ground Game Sanders’s Iowa Campaign Has Killer Ground Game
Bands, filmmakers, and members of Congress have drawn the crowds while the candidate was stuck in Washington for the impeachment trial.
Feb 1, 2020 / John Nichols
The Super Bowl Is a Grift of Epic Proportions The Super Bowl Is a Grift of Epic Proportions
While the wealthy party during Super Bowl week, a heist is happening in plain sight.
Jan 31, 2020 / Dave Zirin
Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities
The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to ensure that we all had access to public spaces, but the implementation has not always lived up to the law.
Jan 31, 2020 / Photo Essay / Elizabeth Guffey
The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave
Who fought for queer freedom a century before Stonewall.
Jan 31, 2020 / Feature / Channing Gerard Joseph
Confirmed: Elliott Abrams’s Defense of Mass Murder Was Based on Lies Confirmed: Elliott Abrams’s Defense of Mass Murder Was Based on Lies
The reporters who covered the El Mozote massacre were right all along.
Jan 30, 2020 / Eric Alterman