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President Donald Trump and White House senior adviser, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s Economics—and America’s Economy Trump’s Economics—and America’s Economy

You can’t make America great again by wrecking the government.

Mar 19, 2025 / James K. Galbraith

Union workers hold signs during a strike outside a King Soopers grocery store location in Westminster, Colorado, on January 12, 2022.

Want a Better Grocery Store? Support Union Workers. Want a Better Grocery Store? Support Union Workers.

Workers are on the front lines of an increasingly bleak shopping experience, and they bear the costs of understaffing, underinvestment in facilities, and feeble safety measures.

Mar 19, 2025 / Ella Fanger

Illinois Governor Pritzker Speaks At Center For American Progress In Washington, DC

Democratic Donors Packed the House for an “Actual Billionaire” Democratic Donors Packed the House for an “Actual Billionaire”

J.B. Pritzker's appearance at the Center for American Progress met with a resounding reception. But is his elevation to the national stage the way to reach working people?

Mar 19, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

During a protest against US policies regarding Israel and Palestine outside the American Institute in Taiwan in Taipei on March 7, 2024, demonstrators from the Taiwan Action Front for Palestine display portraits of Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old active-duty member of the US Air Force who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC.

What Aaron Bushnell Is Still Teaching Us What Aaron Bushnell Is Still Teaching Us

His protest was both a rejection of the idea that human life is expendable and an acknowledgment that, for so many, it already has been.

Mar 19, 2025 / Riad Alarian

Protesters hold signs during a national day of action against Trump administration's mass firing of National Park Service employees at Yosemite National Park, California, on March 1, 2025.

Trump’s War on Public Lands Moves to its Second Phase Trump’s War on Public Lands Moves to its Second Phase

The Great Firing continues—and the next round of layoffs will reveal how much power over public lands the Trump administration will cede to corporations.

Mar 18, 2025 / Lazo Gitchos

A statue modeled after the Statue of Liberty holds up a cross instead of a torch with “America Return to Christ” outside of World Overcomers Church in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 7, 2018.

The Battle of Theologies in the Age of Trump The Battle of Theologies in the Age of Trump

Trump and his people target those that the Bible is most concerned about: children, the poor, immigrants, the sick and disabled, women, the vulnerable, and the earth itself.

Mar 18, 2025 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Demonstrators from the human rights organization Jewish Voice for Peace are detained by NYPD officers as they hold a civil disobedience action inside Trump Tower in New York on March 13, 2025.

Trump’s Mob-Boss Offer to Us Jews: Accept “Protection”—or Else Trump’s Mob-Boss Offer to Us Jews: Accept “Protection”—or Else

Under the guise of “fighting antisemitism,” Trump is shredding our rights and telling us we are safe.

Mar 18, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Protest Tesla

Protest Tesla Protest Tesla

Street action at Tesla, Route 22, Springfield, NJ, March 1, 2025.

Mar 18, 2025 / OppArt / Karen Guancione

Donald Trump speaks at the Justice Department March 14, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump Is Trying to Create His Own Personal Legal Strike Force Trump Is Trying to Create His Own Personal Legal Strike Force

With his speech at the DOJ, Trump officially declared his intention to reshape the legal system according to his whims and will.

Mar 18, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Trump Took Over the Kennedy Center, but Silencing the Arts Will Not Be So Easy

Trump Took Over the Kennedy Center, but Silencing the Arts Will Not Be So Easy Trump Took Over the Kennedy Center, but Silencing the Arts Will Not Be So Easy

Our last best hope for sharing, shaping, and wrangling over independent ideas may turn out to be America’s scrappy and disparate arts spaces—if they can hang on financially.

Mar 18, 2025 / Alisa Solomon

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