Human Rights Day Human Rights Day
Will the USA remember our promise?
Dec 10, 2020 / OppArt / Jos Sances
We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay
Over 2,000 students across Columbia’s institutions are demanding to be included in decisions over how their money is spent. And if not, they won’t pay.
Dec 10, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Roskill and Willem Morris
I Know Rahm Emanuel, and He Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near the White House I Know Rahm Emanuel, and He Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near the White House
Appointing Rahm as secretary of transportation would be a slap in the face not only to Chicago but to all union members who sent Biden to the White House.
Dec 10, 2020 / Stacy Davis Gates
Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response
Americans suffer while the GOP dithers.
We Can’t Message Our Way Out of a Public Health Crisis We Can’t Message Our Way Out of a Public Health Crisis
As the coronavirus has spread, public officials have spent a lot of time urging people to wear a mask and socially distance, when they can’t stay home—and offered not much else.
Dec 9, 2020 / Abdullah Shihipar
The Baltimore Ravens’ Cautionary Covid Tale The Baltimore Ravens’ Cautionary Covid Tale
With two dozen players on the NFL’s Covid list, the Ravens are a pitch-perfect example of how not to do sports during a pandemic.
Dec 3, 2020 / Dave Zirin
This Supreme Court Case Could Wreck the New Deal Legal Order This Supreme Court Case Could Wreck the New Deal Legal Order
In Cedar Point Nursery, conservatives are invoking a Jim Crow version of property rights.
Dec 2, 2020 / Nathan Newman
These Visa Recipients Are Stuck in the US And Demanding Their Rights These Visa Recipients Are Stuck in the US And Demanding Their Rights
J-1 recipients say the visa program is as an unregulated pipeline for temporary migrant labor that props up the US hospitality industry.
Dec 1, 2020 / Noah Flora
The Democratic Party Will Keep Betraying Labor. It’s Time to Launch a Workers’ Party. The Democratic Party Will Keep Betraying Labor. It’s Time to Launch a Workers’ Party.
Fifty-seven percent of Americans believe the country needs a third major party.
Dec 1, 2020 / The Debate / Paul Blest
Don’t Abandon the Democratic Party—Take It Over Don’t Abandon the Democratic Party—Take It Over
We don’t have to choose between a fantasy third party and the Democratic Party in its current state.
Dec 1, 2020 / The Debate / Jonathan Smucker