Politics

Senator Chuck Schumer and President Joe Biden

“Democrats Need to Vote Like Democrats” “Democrats Need to Vote Like Democrats”

Democratic Senate candidates are demanding that their party’s caucus stop compromising on filibuster reform, infrastructure, voting rights, and budgets.

Aug 10, 2021 / John Nichols

Love Fest Image

The Capitol Insurrection Was a… “Love Fest”? The Capitol Insurrection Was a… “Love Fest”?

Trump and the GOP attempt to rewrite history.

Aug 10, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A portrait of Dora Maria Tellez.

The Arrest of Dora María Téllez Marks a New Low for Nicaragua The Arrest of Dora María Téllez Marks a New Low for Nicaragua

One of the beliefs that animated the Central American solidarity movement then was that we were not powerless. We are not powerless now, either.

Aug 10, 2021 / Column / Linda Mannheim

Red Nation

The Red Nation Wants Its Land Back The Red Nation Wants Its Land Back

The Indigenous-led leftist collective is committed to freeing the world from capitalism and colonialism.

Aug 10, 2021 / Cecilia Nowell

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Pandemic Advice From a Patriot Pandemic Advice From a Patriot

Just ignore it and hope it goes away.

Aug 10, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

College student gets a Covid vaccine

Unintended Consequences Unintended Consequences

Republicans object to masks While going about their daily tasks. To rule that folks must vaccinate, They say, makes this a Nazi state. The surges now are all located Among those pr…

Aug 10, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Housing Rights sing

Biden’s Eviction Moratorium Is a Rare Act of Presidential Civil Disobedience Biden’s Eviction Moratorium Is a Rare Act of Presidential Civil Disobedience

The Supreme Court will almost certainly strike down the moratorium, but the president’s decision to heed the call of Cori Bush was the right and righteous thing to do.

Aug 9, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Images

America Loves Guns America Loves Guns

Gun sales in USA reach record highs.

Aug 9, 2021 / OppArt / Collin Mura-smith

The Tents of Venice Beach

The Tents of Venice Beach The Tents of Venice Beach

This summer, thanks in part to the spread of Airbnb properties, one of Los Angeles's most expensive neighborhoods filled up with tents housing displaced locals.

Aug 9, 2021 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Chinese miners in California, c. 1862

The Anti-Asian Roots of Today’s Anti-Immigrant Politics The Anti-Asian Roots of Today’s Anti-Immigrant Politics

Long before Trump, politicians on the country’s West Coast mobilized a white working-class base through violent hate of Chinese and Japanese immigrants.

Aug 9, 2021 / Feature / Mari Uyehara

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