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Campus Admin Ignored Students’ Demands for Black Visibility. So They Took Over Their Building. Campus Admin Ignored Students’ Demands for Black Visibility. So They Took Over Their Building.

The Afrikan/Black Student Alliance of the University of California, Santa Cruz, camped out for three days until the school met its demands.

May 8, 2017 / StudentNation / Georgia Johnson

Trump Supporters California

Economic Anxiety Didn’t Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did Economic Anxiety Didn’t Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did

New data provide a compelling answer to this vexing question.

May 8, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel

Eric Garcetti

Los Angeles Residents Start to Organize Against the Olympic Bid Los Angeles Residents Start to Organize Against the Olympic Bid

The US Olympic Committee wants the 2024 Olympics in Los Angeles. It won’t happen quietly.

May 8, 2017 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Civilans look at rubble from Saudi airstrike

24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite 24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite

These are major national-security issues—but don’t expect to see them on the news.

May 8, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

The Prisoner Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires

The Prisoner Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires The Prisoner Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires

Three clips from a new film exploring the seemingly ordinary landscapes touched by our prison system.

May 8, 2017 / The Nation

May Day protesters

Out From Under Capitalism Out From Under Capitalism

An introduction to our special issue.

May 8, 2017 / Sarah Leonard

The Government Wouldn’t Rein In the Banks’ Predatory Practices—Until These Tellers Stepped In

The Government Wouldn’t Rein In the Banks’ Predatory Practices—Until These Tellers Stepped In The Government Wouldn’t Rein In the Banks’ Predatory Practices—Until These Tellers Stepped In

The Committee for Better Banks is organizing to change the banking industry from the inside out.

May 8, 2017 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias

Economic Democracy and the Billion-Dollar Co-op

Economic Democracy and the Billion-Dollar Co-op Economic Democracy and the Billion-Dollar Co-op

Is our energy grid a sleeping giant of collective ownership?

May 8, 2017 / Feature / Nathan Schneider

Trump campaign yard sign

Trumpism: It’s Coming From the Suburbs Trumpism: It’s Coming From the Suburbs

Racism, fascism, and working-class Americans.

May 8, 2017 / Feature / Jesse A. Myerson

The Rock-Star Appeal of Modern Monetary Theory

The Rock-Star Appeal of Modern Monetary Theory The Rock-Star Appeal of Modern Monetary Theory

The Sanders generation and a new economic idea.

May 8, 2017 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

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