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A sculpture called “Anything to Say,” which features life-sized bronze figures of whistleblowers (left-right) Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning, is unveiled at Parliament Square, London, during a protest for Assange’s release from prison.

Julian Assange and Arnon Milchan: The Lopsided Scales of American Justice Julian Assange and Arnon Milchan: The Lopsided Scales of American Justice

One has boasted of espionage. The other revealed massive government wrongdoing. So why is the whistleblower in jail?

Jun 27, 2023 / James Bamford

Contract Talks by Teamsters and the UAW Have the Potential to Change Our Politics Contract Talks by Teamsters and the UAW Have the Potential to Change Our Politics

Upcoming negotiations by these two unions could swing the 2024 election—and help rebuild democracy.

Jun 27, 2023 / Column / Jane McAlevey

Without Apology: Abortion in Literature Without Apology: Abortion in Literature

Some of the most powerful, important abortion narratives show working-class women terminating their pregnancies without regret or anguish.

Jun 26, 2023 / Feature / Edna Bonhomme

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021. (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)

Matchmaker Leonard Leo Helps Unite Billionaires With Supreme Court Justices Matchmaker Leonard Leo Helps Unite Billionaires With Supreme Court Justices

High-court corruption is built on a network of plutocratic coziness.

Jun 23, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Eugenics, Environmental Ruin, and Surveillance: The Story of Silicon Valley Eugenics, Environmental Ruin, and Surveillance: The Story of Silicon Valley

California’s tech industry cannot escape its original sins.

Jun 23, 2023 / Edward Ongweso Jr.

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It’s Not Just Corporate Pride Boycotts—Right-Wingers Are Escalating Their Anti-LGBTQ Campaign It’s Not Just Corporate Pride Boycotts—Right-Wingers Are Escalating Their Anti-LGBTQ Campaign

As the far-right backlash has become more emboldened, belligerent, dangerous, and hysterical, so has its war on the LGBT community.

Jun 23, 2023 / Kali Holloway

US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland addresses the findings of a Justice Department investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department during a press conference in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 16, 2023.

The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying” The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying”

The Department of Justice report slamming the Minneapolis Police Department is also a cause for hope.

Jun 22, 2023 / Ibrahim Hirsi

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy and inflation in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on January 12, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

Establishment Economics Is Under Siege Establishment Economics Is Under Siege

Podcast / The Time of Monsters / Jun 21, 2023 Establishment Economics Is Under Siege On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Marshall Steinbaum weighs in on the inflation de…

Jun 21, 2023 / Podcast

Jesse Hagopian, his father, and his brother in Morgantown, Miss.

Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History

A Black family’s pilgrimage to Mississippi.

Jun 19, 2023 / Jesse Hagopian

Former Treasury secretary and current Harvard professor Larry Summers listens to remarks during a discussion on low-income developing countries at the annual IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, April 13, 2016, in Washington, DC. / AFP / Mike Theiler (Photo credit should read MIKE THEILER/AFP via Getty Images)

Larry Summers and the Crisis of Economic Orthodoxy Larry Summers and the Crisis of Economic Orthodoxy

The establishment’s repeated failures are creating room for heterodox ideas.

Jun 16, 2023 / Jeet Heer

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Matchmaker Leonard Leo Helps Unite Billionaires With Supreme Court Justices Matchmaker Leonard Leo Helps Unite Billionaires With Supreme Court Justices

Eugenics, Environmental Ruin, and Surveillance: The Story of Silicon Valley Eugenics, Environmental Ruin, and Surveillance: The Story of Silicon Valley

It’s Not Just Corporate Pride Boycotts—Right-Wingers Are Escalating Their Anti-LGBTQ Campaign It’s Not Just Corporate Pride Boycotts—Right-Wingers Are Escalating Their Anti-LGBTQ Campaign

The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying” The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying”

Establishment Economics Is Under Siege Establishment Economics Is Under Siege

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Julian Assange and Arnon Milchan: The Lopsided Scales of American Justice Julian Assange and Arnon Milchan: The Lopsided Scales of American Justice

Contract Talks by Teamsters and the UAW Have the Potential to Change Our Politics Contract Talks by Teamsters and the UAW Have the Potential to Change Our Politics

Without Apology: Abortion in Literature Without Apology: Abortion in Literature

Matchmaker Leonard Leo Helps Unite Billionaires With Supreme Court Justices Matchmaker Leonard Leo Helps Unite Billionaires With Supreme Court Justices

Eugenics, Environmental Ruin, and Surveillance: The Story of Silicon Valley Eugenics, Environmental Ruin, and Surveillance: The Story of Silicon Valley

It’s Not Just Corporate Pride Boycotts—Right-Wingers Are Escalating Their Anti-LGBTQ Campaign It’s Not Just Corporate Pride Boycotts—Right-Wingers Are Escalating Their Anti-LGBTQ Campaign

The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying” The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying”

Establishment Economics Is Under Siege Establishment Economics Is Under Siege

Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History

Larry Summers and the Crisis of Economic Orthodoxy Larry Summers and the Crisis of Economic Orthodoxy