Politics

Illustration of Haymarket Riot in Chicago by T. de Thulstrup

Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week? Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week?

In the 1880s, labor leaders believed that the eight-hour day was one of the only demands that could unite all working people. Today, the four-day week could do the same.

May 5, 2025 / StudentNation / Victoria Scarlet Berka

The Secret Clubhouse for Reactionary Plutocrats

The Secret Clubhouse for Reactionary Plutocrats The Secret Clubhouse for Reactionary Plutocrats

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Chris Lehmann on the group chats where billionaires scheme and moan.

May 4, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Sh*t Gets Real

Sh*t Gets Real Sh*t Gets Real

Pritzkrieg!

May 2, 2025 / Steve Brodner

A $50 bill is seen in US President Donald Trump’s back pocket as he boards Air Force One prior to departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on May 1, 2025.

Trump’s Assault on PBS and NPR Chooses Oligarchy Over Press Freedom and Democracy Trump’s Assault on PBS and NPR Chooses Oligarchy Over Press Freedom and Democracy

As the supporters of speaking truth to power celebrate World Press Freedom Day, Trump seeks to defund public media in the United States.

May 2, 2025 / John Nichols

The Last (Michael) Waltz

The Last (Michael) Waltz The Last (Michael) Waltz

We should welcome the humiliation of Trump’s hawkish, neocon national security adviser.

May 2, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Trump’s Revisionist History

Trump’s Revisionist History Trump’s Revisionist History

Burying the truth in an ocean of lies.

May 2, 2025 / OppArt / Leonard Stokes

Rudy Giuliani, the face of Trump-era impunity.

Lock Them All Up! Lock Them All Up!

It’s high time we created accountability for the Trump 2.0 criminal syndicate.

May 2, 2025 / Jeb Lund

The Matsuda family posts a sign reading “I AM AN AMERICAN” outside their grocery store in Oakland, California, responding to Pearl Harbor attacks shortly before they are relocated and incarcerated as Japanese Americans.

Opposing Mass Deportation: What We Can Learn From the Resistance to Japanese Internment Opposing Mass Deportation: What We Can Learn From the Resistance to Japanese Internment

When the US imprisoned Japanese-Americans during WWII, public solidarity and community defense were how people supported the interned. Their strategies remain relevant today.

May 2, 2025 / Julia Piaskowski

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents knock on the door of a residence during a multi-agency targeted enforcement operation in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, January 26, 2025.

Why I Had to Flee the United States Why I Had to Flee the United States

I was a political prisoner in Egypt. I didn’t want to become one again in America.

May 2, 2025 / Abdelrahman ElGendy

Teaching Opportunity

Teaching Opportunity Teaching Opportunity

Civics.

May 1, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

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