Politics

2023 Student Protests

The Year of the Youth The Year of the Youth

Over the last year, we’ve seen an extraordinary surge in student organizing around LGBTQ rights, climate change, labor, Palestine, and more.

Dec 22, 2023 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Texas Governor Greg Abbott displays a signed border-security bill during a news conference at the Texas State Capitol on June 8, 2023.

Texas’s Latest Act of Anti-Immigrant Cruelty Is Blatantly Unconstitutional Texas’s Latest Act of Anti-Immigrant Cruelty Is Blatantly Unconstitutional

This week, Texas passed a law making undocumented immigration illegal in the state. The question now is: Will the Supreme Court do what’s right?

Dec 21, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Sweet Jesus

Sweet Jesus Sweet Jesus

Top of the world.

Dec 21, 2023 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

A Measure of Justice at Last for Victor Jara

A Measure of Justice at Last for Victor Jara A Measure of Justice at Last for Victor Jara

On December 1—just two days after the death of Henry Kissinger renewed international attention to the US role in the 1973 coup in Chile against the democratically elected governmen…

Dec 21, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh

A Memoir for the Post-Truth Era

A Memoir for the Post-Truth Era A Memoir for the Post-Truth Era

In Sarah Viren’s To Name a Bigger Lie, she investigates how conspiracy theories have changed her relationship to the world.

Dec 21, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Julia Case-Levine

Cofounder of Moms for Liberty Tiffany Justice speaks ahead of former US Ppresident and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Moms for Liberty Summit in Philadelphia, Pa., 2023.

Feminists, Rape, and Hamas; Plus Moms for Liberty Feminists, Rape, and Hamas; Plus Moms for Liberty

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Katha Pollitt talks about the failures of women’s groups, and Randi Weingarten comments on culture war over the schools.

Dec 21, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

A protester stands outside Trump Tower in Manhattan demanding that state governments disqualify former president Trump from appearing on ballots in 2024 under the 14th Amendment.

The Colorado Court’s Ruling Banning Trump From the Ballot Is Sharp as Hell The Colorado Court’s Ruling Banning Trump From the Ballot Is Sharp as Hell

While the ruling will be overturned by the Supreme Court, the conservative justices will have to tie themselves into a knot to do it.

Dec 20, 2023 / Elie Mystal

A supermarket in Buenos Aires shows the extreme rise in prices due to inflation on December 15, 2023.

Argentina’s New President Swaps the Chain Saw for the Blender Argentina’s New President Swaps the Chain Saw for the Blender

As Javier Milei’s new free-market economic measures start to roll out, devaluation has already started to impact everyone in Argentina—especially the middle classes and the poor.

Dec 20, 2023 / Pablo Calvi

Don't Say Gay Bill Protest

The New “Lavender Scare” in America’s Schools The New “Lavender Scare” in America’s Schools

Modern anti-gay legislation mirrors the mass hysteria of the Lavender Scare, when thousands of gay people were fired or forced to resign from their jobs.

Dec 20, 2023 / StudentNation / Ariana Lee

Joe Biden BBQ

Biden’s Best Chance for 2024 Is to Take Aim at Corporate America Biden’s Best Chance for 2024 Is to Take Aim at Corporate America

Poll numbers show increasing dissatisfaction with the president’s performance. To win voters, he needs to follow through on his populist rhetoric.

Dec 19, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

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