The NYU Policing Project’s Dirty Money Dilemma The NYU Policing Project’s Dirty Money Dilemma
A coalition of law students at New York University has condemned the nonprofit for partnering with various police technology, surveillance, and weaponry companies.
Jun 27, 2022 / StudentNation / Ruqaiyah Zarook
Native Growers Can Help the US Meet Its Climate Goals. Will the New Farm Bill Offer Enough Support? Native Growers Can Help the US Meet Its Climate Goals. Will the New Farm Bill Offer Enough Support?
A conversation with Carly Griffith Hotvedt about the Native Farm Bill, traditional Indigenous knowledge, and environmental conservation.
Jun 27, 2022 / Danielle Renwick
Progressives Call on Voters to Stop Sending Millionaires to the Senate Progressives Call on Voters to Stop Sending Millionaires to the Senate
It’s the Democrats’ best hope in a midterm election year characterized by economic volatility and high inflation, says Senate hopeful Mandela Barnes.
Jun 27, 2022 / John Nichols
We Shouldn’t Destroy What Is Working in Our Economy We Shouldn’t Destroy What Is Working in Our Economy
As policy-makers move to drive inflation down, it is essential that they don’t lose sight of the economy's bright spots.
Jun 27, 2022 / Mike Konczal
Why Centrist Democrats Love Promoting Right-Wing Extremists Why Centrist Democrats Love Promoting Right-Wing Extremists
Having nothing of substance to offer, the party establishment thinks supporting Trumpists is a clever move. But they are playing with fire.
Jun 24, 2022 / Jeet Heer
The Real Reason to Be Nervous About AI The Real Reason to Be Nervous About AI
Declarations of sentience are wildly premature. But the dangers AI poses to labor are very real.
Jun 24, 2022 / Dwayne Monroe
What Happens to Children Who Lose a Parent? What Happens to Children Who Lose a Parent?
A child with an incarcerated parent suffers disadvantages that are as bad, or worse, as those faced by a child with a parent who died.
Jun 24, 2022 / StudentNation / Ariana Torres, Chrisann Timbie, and Gaby Sierra
The Government’s Investigation Into a Brookings Ex-President Should Worry Think Tanks The Government’s Investigation Into a Brookings Ex-President Should Worry Think Tanks
Accepting foreign government funding may have just gotten harder.
Jun 23, 2022 / Eli Clifton and Benjamin Freeman
Reviving the Bracero Program Is the Wrong Answer for Workers Reviving the Bracero Program Is the Wrong Answer for Workers
Not even Biden’s own Labor Department believes that the administration’s proposal to bring in more seasonal farm labor will improve working conditions.
Jun 23, 2022 / David Bacon
Abortion Involves Killing–and That’s OK! Abortion Involves Killing–and That’s OK!
To be pro-choice is to be against forced life.
Jun 22, 2022 / Sophie Lewis