Politics

Kenosha: Seven Bullets

Kenosha: Seven Bullets Kenosha: Seven Bullets

Jacob Blake shot in the back by police, willfully deaf to the BLM movement.

Sep 14, 2020 / OppArt / Tom Arie Donch

Why Are We Still Ignoring Former Foster Children’s Votes?

Why Are We Still Ignoring Former Foster Children’s Votes? Why Are We Still Ignoring Former Foster Children’s Votes?

One out of every 20 children will spend some time in foster care. Yet their needs have largely been ignored during the presidential election.

Sep 14, 2020 / StudentNation / Alexandra Ellerbeck

Jeffrey Ngo

Did US Lobbying Efforts Backfire for Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement? Did US Lobbying Efforts Backfire for Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement?

Hong Kong activist Jeffrey Ngo defends his Capitol Hill photo-ops.

Sep 14, 2020 / Q&A / Wilfred Chan

59 Days Until the Election

59 Days Until the Election 59 Days Until the Election

There’s a monster under America’s bed.

Sep 12, 2020 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes, Rob Rogers, and Bill Bramhall

A Judicial ‘Shitshow’ Blocks Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin

A Judicial ‘Shitshow’ Blocks Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin A Judicial ‘Shitshow’ Blocks Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin

Just as municipal clerks were preparing to mail 1 million ballots to voters, the state Supreme Court halted the process.

Sep 11, 2020 / John Nichols

Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward’s Accidental Scoop Bob Woodward’s Accidental Scoop

Once an investigative journalist, Woodward is now just a court historian.

Sep 11, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Endless Summer

Endless Summer Endless Summer

Covid spreads and violence escalates under Trump’s leadership.

Sep 11, 2020 / OppArt / Emily Waters

Trump’s Tromperie Plumbs New Depths

Trump’s Tromperie Plumbs New Depths Trump’s Tromperie Plumbs New Depths

With catastrophic wildfires ravaging the West, this climate-change-denying, environment-destroying president now claims to be a “great environmentalist.”

Sep 11, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

High school students work the polls

We Can’t Dismiss Young Voters. Here’s Why. We Can’t Dismiss Young Voters. Here’s Why.

Young voters are often perceived as ambivalent. But history shows us that young people led the nation’s most significant movements, including the fight for voting rights.

Sep 11, 2020 / StudentNation / Sherri Williams

The ‘Disposable Populations’ of Sports

The ‘Disposable Populations’ of Sports The ‘Disposable Populations’ of Sports

A new study points to the blood being shed for the World Cup. That shouldn’t blind us to the deaths and misery caused by stadium boondoggles here at home.

Sep 11, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

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