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Workers Are Organizing Independently. Why Don’t Our Politicians Seem to Care? Workers Are Organizing Independently. Why Don’t Our Politicians Seem to Care?

It’s the only protection workers have against corporate resistance to unionizing.

Aug 23, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Get Into Jail Card

Get Into Jail Card Get Into Jail Card

Trump’s espionage and treason.

Aug 23, 2022 / OppArt / Josh Gosfield

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Republicans Ramp Up Their “Defund the FBI” Stunt Republicans Ramp Up Their “Defund the FBI” Stunt

Republicans aren’t being hypocrites about the FBI and the Mar-a-Lago raid—they’ve never truly cared about effective law enforcement.

Aug 23, 2022 / Kali Holloway

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Letters From the September 5/12, 2022, Issue Letters From the September 5/12, 2022, Issue

Housing follies... A tale of two Nations... Protest in a new era...

Aug 23, 2022 / Our Readers

Police Force, Force

Police Force, Force Police Force, Force

Despite outrage, police abuse of power continues.

Aug 22, 2022 / OppArt / Emanuele Del Rosso

A saturated, dark photo of the White House. The fountain is bright against the red bushes and green grass.

Who Should Be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2024? Who Should Be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2024?

Four writers argue who would make the best candidate: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Gretchen Whitmer, or Ro Khanna?

Aug 22, 2022 / The Debate / Joan Walsh, Bhaskar Sunkara, Michael Kazin, and John Nichols

Sonia Sotomayor, by Tim O'Brien

How Sonia Sotomayor Became the Conscience of the Supreme Court How Sonia Sotomayor Became the Conscience of the Supreme Court

The former prosecutor was never a liberal firebrand. Now it is she, more than any other justice, who puts progressive outrage into words.

Aug 22, 2022 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Dan Goldman marching at NYC Pride with his daughter. He's holding a pride flag and wearing a rainbow lei. His daughter holds a sign reading

A Disunited Left Clears the Field for a Moderate in NY 10 A Disunited Left Clears the Field for a Moderate in NY 10

A congressional primary spanning swaths of Manhattan and Brooklyn proves that you can have too many progressive candidates.

Aug 19, 2022 / Ross Barkan

A member of the Secret Service is seen in front of the home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on August 9, 2022

The Mar-a-Lago Raid Highlights the DOJ’s Hypocrisy on the Espionage Act The Mar-a-Lago Raid Highlights the DOJ’s Hypocrisy on the Espionage Act

The Espionage Act has long been used to punish whistleblowers. But despite acting against Trump, the Justice Department usually gives a pass to high-ranking officials who disregard...

Aug 19, 2022 / Freddy Martinez

Democrats Should Make a Much Bigger Deal of the Threat Posed by Trump

Democrats Should Make a Much Bigger Deal of the Threat Posed by Trump Democrats Should Make a Much Bigger Deal of the Threat Posed by Trump

Democrats will suffer in the midterms if they don’t make absolutely clear the possible consequences of the former president’s disdain for democracy and the rule of law.

Aug 19, 2022 / John Nichols for The Nation

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