We Need a New Manhattan Project to Combat Climate Change We Need a New Manhattan Project to Combat Climate Change
A threat this expansive requires mobilization on a mass scale.
Jul 18, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt
Half a Century Before Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson Said, ‘I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem.’ Half a Century Before Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson Said, ‘I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem.’
A segregationist senator tried to use Robinson to destroy Paul Robeson. Instead, Robinson called out racism.
Jul 18, 2019 / Peter Dreier
Democracy Is Not Well Democracy Is Not Well
Astra Taylor on our politics, plus Katha Pollitt on travel to Mars.
Jul 18, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Street-by-Street Battle Against Climate Change The Street-by-Street Battle Against Climate Change
While the Trump administration rolls back environmental protections and flouts science, this neighborhood is actually preparing.
Jul 17, 2019 / Audrea Lim
Take Action Now: Stop ICE Raids Take Action Now: Stop ICE Raids
Help stop deportations in your community by calling representatives and joining the sanctuary movement.
Jul 16, 2019 / NationAction
There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump
And it’s not simply that he calls himself a socialist.
Jul 16, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin
Having an Abortion Was the Most Unselfish Thing I’ve Done Having an Abortion Was the Most Unselfish Thing I’ve Done
A writer reflects on the Trump era, the state of reproductive health in America, and her decision to get an abortion in 1974.
Jul 16, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade
Across Europe, a series of coordinated actions at shipping ports have challenged Saudi violence against the Yemeni people.
Jul 16, 2019 / Katy Fox-Hodess
Pramila Jayapal Is Not Backing Down Pramila Jayapal Is Not Backing Down
This week on Next Left, the congressmember who knows a thing or two about shutting down racist policies.
Jul 16, 2019 / Podcast / John Nichols
On Not Looking Away On Not Looking Away
All perpetrators ask is that we remain bystanders. But to combat complicity, we must confront tragedy.
Jul 16, 2019 / Arran Skinner