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Hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest against Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on March 3, 2025, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Thank the Supreme Court for the Evisceration of the Federal Workforce Thank the Supreme Court for the Evisceration of the Federal Workforce

Progressive politicians must commit to expanding the court, or voters should pledge their support to other candidates who will.

Jul 18, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss Abrego Garcia's arrest and deportation d at Cannon House Office Building on April 9, 2025,

The Trump Administration Is Reviving Institutionalized Torture The Trump Administration Is Reviving Institutionalized Torture

The ambient threat of torture is a form of social control, encouraging everyone else to comply with and bow down before the regime.

Jul 17, 2025 / Rebecca Gordon

Community and immigrant rights organizations rally in Oakland’s Latino Fruitvale district protesting immigration raids. One sign says “For my father, who was deported. Watch me from Heaven, Papa. This is Our War!”

Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid? Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid?

With Trump and Stephen Miller cheering on ICE’s terror tactics, Jaime Alanis Garcia’s fatal fall in the raid on Glass House Farms was the most recent example of a death foretold.

Jul 17, 2025 / David Bacon

A car is seen part submerged in floodwater in England, 2019.

Americans Are Concerned About Climate Change—but They Should Be Afraid Americans Are Concerned About Climate Change—but They Should Be Afraid

Americans still don’t comprehend how imminent, dangerous, and far-reaching the threat is—and journalists are partly to blame.

Jul 17, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

The Life and Times of Talking Heads

The Life and Times of Talking Heads The Life and Times of Talking Heads

How influential was the New Wave band?

Jul 17, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Donald Trump signs an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2025.

The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump King—Again The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump King—Again

In ruling the president can decimate the Department of Education, the court took a key congressional power—and gave it to Trump.

Jul 16, 2025 / Elie Mystal

The Light That Failed

The Light That Failed The Light That Failed

Democracy dies in the dark.

Jul 16, 2025 / OppArt / Winston Smith

Cuban military personnel carry caricatures of Donald Trump

What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests

The danger of “maximum pressure” vs. the promise of “pragmatic engagement.”

Jul 16, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh

Boris Kagarlitzky speaks at a Moscow opposition rally

“We Are Not Victims. We Are Fighters”: Russian Political Prisoners, Including Left Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, Demand Freedom “We Are Not Victims. We Are Fighters”: Russian Political Prisoners, Including Left Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, Demand Freedom

Here’s what you can do in solidarity.

Jul 16, 2025 / Suzi Weissman

Rideshare drivers on strike near O'Hare International Airport

In Chicago, a Coalition of Unions, Community Organizers, and Drivers Have Forced Uber to Come to the Table In Chicago, a Coalition of Unions, Community Organizers, and Drivers Have Forced Uber to Come to the Table

As the tech industry moves increasingly into alignment with the far right, the issue of worker power has never been more important. The Chicago campaign offers some key lessons.

Jul 16, 2025 / Will Tanzman and Lori Simmons

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