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May Day

Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist

For May Day, we look back at the work of Nate Smith, whose organizing broke down racial barriers in Pittsburgh’s trade unions.

May 1, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

Trump

Could an Army of Accountants Bring Down Trump? Could an Army of Accountants Bring Down Trump?

In the end, the bean counters might just save us.

May 1, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

US Marines in Afghanistan

America Just Has One War—That It Keeps Losing America Just Has One War—That It Keeps Losing

Why can’t the best military in the world win?

May 1, 2018 / Arnold Isaacs

BLM Sacramento

The ‘People’s Pulitzers’ Salute Those Who Give Voice to the Powerless The ‘People’s Pulitzers’ Salute Those Who Give Voice to the Powerless

The remarkable work of this year’s Hillman Prize winners is a timely reminder of the indispensable role of the free press in sustaining a democracy.

May 1, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A Tapestry of Responses to Trump’s Wall

A Tapestry of Responses to Trump’s Wall A Tapestry of Responses to Trump’s Wall

Textile artists in Mexico create responses to the barriers they face.

May 1, 2018 / OppArt / Marietta Bernstorff, Juana Martinez Olivera, Leonila Aragon Grijalva, Rebecca Martinez Santos, and Jennifer Grijalva Martinez

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

Betsy DeVos Is Facing Backlash for Her Plan to Push School Vouchers on Military Families Betsy DeVos Is Facing Backlash for Her Plan to Push School Vouchers on Military Families

The secretary of education’s latest school-privatization scheme is not going well.

May 1, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Disheartened Trump Can’t Get ‘Fox & Friends’ to Hear What He’s Saying Disheartened Trump Can’t Get ‘Fox & Friends’ to Hear What He’s Saying

It’s sad!

May 1, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

A Press Corps Full of Aunt Lydias

A Press Corps Full of Aunt Lydias A Press Corps Full of Aunt Lydias

Why are so many journalists defending Sarah Huckabee Sanders?

Apr 30, 2018 / Katha Pollitt

Chiago immigrants rights

Sanctuary Cities Are Fighting the Trump Administration—and Winning Sanctuary Cities Are Fighting the Trump Administration—and Winning

Dispatches from the urban resistance, from Chicago to Minneapolis and beyond.

Apr 30, 2018 / Sophie Kasakove

Kaepernick Reid Anthem Kneel

‘There’s No Substitute for Confrontation’: An Interview With Howard Bryant on Today’s Political Black Athlete ‘There’s No Substitute for Confrontation’: An Interview With Howard Bryant on Today’s Political Black Athlete

Bryant’s new book explores what happens when black athletic struggle is revived, but collides with our post-9/11 world. 

Apr 30, 2018 / Dave Zirin

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