How the Taxi Workers Won How the Taxi Workers Won
The 45 days of fierce protest, shrewd organizing, and ferocious solidarity that ended the debt nightmare that had engulfed the taxi industry.
Dec 13, 2021 / Feature / Molly Crabapple
Here’s How We End America’s Forever Wars Here’s How We End America’s Forever Wars
It’s time to acknowledge in the most concrete ways imaginable that the post-9/11 war on terror warrants a final sunset.
Dec 13, 2021 / Karen J. Greenberg
Hey Kid, Wanna Buy a City? Hey Kid, Wanna Buy a City?
Elite economists have been promoting a model of governance resembling nothing so much as a game of Monopoly.
Dec 10, 2021 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
What Should the Democrats Do About Rising Inflation? What Should the Democrats Do About Rising Inflation?
Doug Henwood argues that without raising taxes, many leftist policies will come with risks, while Lauren Melodia writes that the GOP is exaggerating inflation concerns.
Dec 9, 2021 / The Debate / Doug Henwood and Lauren Melodia
Holiday Giving: Second Pandemic Winter Edition Holiday Giving: Second Pandemic Winter Edition
Republicans are on the move, and so are Covid and climate change—give now, before things get even worse!
Dec 9, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt
What We Get Wrong About Adoption What We Get Wrong About Adoption
Activists and political leaders promote adoption as a social good, looking past the complex experiences of adoptees and the parents who relinquish them.
Dec 7, 2021 / Gretchen Sisson and Jessica M. Harrison
The Global Far Right Is Alive and Kicking The Global Far Right Is Alive and Kicking
And it hasn’t had this kind of opportunity for global expansion since fascism’s heyday in the 1930s.
Dec 7, 2021 / John Feffer
My Parents Collect Cans for a Living My Parents Collect Cans for a Living
When people ask about my family now, I tell them not with embarrassment or shame but with pride.
Dec 7, 2021 / StudentNation / Jessica Yauri
When the United Fruit Company Tried to Buy Guatemala When the United Fruit Company Tried to Buy Guatemala
How a sitting, elected national government found itself in the position of having to buy its own country.
Dec 7, 2021 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
The Reconstruction of Gaza Has Been a Failure The Reconstruction of Gaza Has Been a Failure
The 2014 plan has largely institutionalized Israel’s control of the region and failed Gazans.
Dec 3, 2021 / Ariel Gold