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Salon Worker

Is the Nail-Salon Industry Any Better for Workers Now? Is the Nail-Salon Industry Any Better for Workers Now?

Three years after a landmark exposé, have conditions improved in nail salons?

Dec 3, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Sunrise activists

Want the Youth Vote in 2020? Champion the Green New Deal Now. Want the Youth Vote in 2020? Champion the Green New Deal Now.

This is just the beginning—a generation of climate voters is ready to engage with every part of the democratic process to confront this crisis.

Dec 3, 2018 / StudentNation / Jesse Meisenhelter

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The NFL Still Only Cares About Violence Against Women When There’s Video The NFL Still Only Cares About Violence Against Women When There’s Video

Without public outcries, this is a league that constantly does the wrong thing.

Dec 3, 2018 / Dave Zirin

LIVE: Solving Our Climate Crisis, a National Town Hall

LIVE: Solving Our Climate Crisis, a National Town Hall LIVE: Solving Our Climate Crisis, a National Town Hall

Tune in at 7 pm today for a town-hall event featuring Bernie Sanders, Bill McKibben, Shailene Woodley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and more!

Dec 3, 2018 / The Nation

Scott Walker at Conservative Summit

Scott Walker’s Sore-Loser Scheme Scott Walker’s Sore-Loser Scheme

Shaken by November 6 losses, Wisconsin Republicans seek to change election dates, restrict voting, and limit high-turnout elections before they relinquish power.

Dec 3, 2018 / John Nichols

Jonathan Franzen’s Birdbrain Climate Pessimism

Jonathan Franzen’s Birdbrain Climate Pessimism Jonathan Franzen’s Birdbrain Climate Pessimism

In his latest collection of nonfiction, The End of the End of the Earth, Franzen puts forth a baffling, avian-centric manifesto on the climate crisis. 

Dec 3, 2018 / Alex Shephard

Diego Garcia Island

Chagos Islanders Want to Go Home Chagos Islanders Want to Go Home

When the United States built a military base on Diego Garcia, its inhabitants were forced out. Will the International Court of Justice rule on their return?

Dec 3, 2018 / Abdelwahab Biad and Elsa Edynak

Scorched-Earth Politics

Scorched-Earth Politics Scorched-Earth Politics

The road to hell, Gingrich to Trump, 1978­–2018.

Dec 3, 2018 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

War With Russia?

War With Russia? War With Russia?

The New Cold War is more dangerous than the one the world survived.

Dec 3, 2018 / Feature / Stephen F. Cohen

President George HW Bush in 2010

It’s a Disgrace to Celebrate George H.W. Bush on World AIDS Day It’s a Disgrace to Celebrate George H.W. Bush on World AIDS Day

The 41st president’s “civility” hid the vast nature of American state violence.

Dec 1, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher

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