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Street Vendor

New York Wants to Bar Streetcart Vendors From the World Trade Center Site New York Wants to Bar Streetcart Vendors From the World Trade Center Site

Citing security concerns, a bill before the City Council would push vendors—most of them Muslim—out of the area they depend on for their livelihood.

Jul 3, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Protesters pray during a Rally For Our Children event to protest a new

Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to ICE by Canceling Their Contracts With the Agency Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to ICE by Canceling Their Contracts With the Agency

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, June 2018: From Austin to Toledo and beyond.

Jul 2, 2018 / Sophie Kasakove

Janus v. AFSCME unions free speech case

Will ‘Janus’ Prove to Be the Fatal Blow That Unions Have Long Feared? Will ‘Janus’ Prove to Be the Fatal Blow That Unions Have Long Feared?

Or will it inspire the kind of militant unionism that could still resurrect the labor movement? 

Jun 27, 2018 / Gabriel Winant

Janus protest supreme court

‘Janus’ Was Decided by Conservative Judicial Activists Who Are Legislating From the Bench ‘Janus’ Was Decided by Conservative Judicial Activists Who Are Legislating From the Bench

A judicial assault on unions and Justice Kennedy's retirement confirm that the makeup of the Supreme Court must be a central issue in every 2018 Senate contest.

Jun 27, 2018 / John Nichols

McConnell, Gorsuch, Pence

Democrats Must Stop Pretending the Supreme Court Is Apolitical Democrats Must Stop Pretending the Supreme Court Is Apolitical

The party has largely avoided talking about the radical nature of the Roberts Court.

Jun 26, 2018 / Sean McElwee

China’s Bigger Economic Threat

China’s Bigger Economic Threat China’s Bigger Economic Threat

Would the US be better off helping stabilize the Chinese economy, rather than gearing up for a trade war?

Jun 22, 2018 / Feature / Walden Bello

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Letters From the July 16-23, 2018, Issue Letters From the July 16-23, 2018, Issue

Solidarity forever… The only way home… Naming, shaming…

Jun 21, 2018 / Our Readers

A World for All of Us, Not Just the Billionaires

A World for All of Us, Not Just the Billionaires A World for All of Us, Not Just the Billionaires

To fight today’s extreme inequality, we must strengthen the coalition of progressive democrats and challenge the global oligarchy.

Jun 21, 2018 / Feature / Sen. Bernie Sanders

How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers

How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers

ICE raided a New Bedford factory in 2007, but the jobs that opened up for other workers didn’t last long.

Jun 19, 2018 / George Goehl

Graduation Students

Americans Are Drowning in Student-Loan Debt. The US Should Forgive All of It. Americans Are Drowning in Student-Loan Debt. The US Should Forgive All of It.

No young person should be condemned to debt for pursuing the higher education or technical training that virtually everyone agrees is vital to this nation’s future.

Jun 19, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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