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Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough? Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough?

Corporate America is worried. And that alone is a reason to be optimistic.

Aug 27, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Race Imboden and Royce White: Rebel Athletes

Race Imboden and Royce White: Rebel Athletes Race Imboden and Royce White: Rebel Athletes

Imboden and Royce join the show to talk kneeling during anthem and Carmelo Anthony.

Aug 27, 2019 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

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Letters From the September 9-16, 2019 Issue Letters From the September 9-16, 2019 Issue

There is no debate… (Re)imagined communities… Facing fear (and indifference)…

Aug 27, 2019 / Our Readers

Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name

Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name

Activists mobilized by this grassroots group had one thing in common: They wanted to fight Trump. Can they agree on what comes next?

Aug 27, 2019 / Feature / Joan Walsh

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[Redacted] or Bust [Redacted] or Bust

The Democratic base could build a winning coalition—if they don’t consume themselves first.
 

Aug 27, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Next Left: Greg Casar Is Bringing Progressive Politics to Texas—and He’s Winning

Next Left: Greg Casar Is Bringing Progressive Politics to Texas—and He’s Winning Next Left: Greg Casar Is Bringing Progressive Politics to Texas—and He’s Winning

Austin City Councilman Greg Casar is fighting to push his city—and one of the most reliably Republican states in the country—to the left.

Aug 27, 2019 / Podcast / John Nichols

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Sanders Accepts His First National Union Endorsement, Calling Labor ‘the Last Line of Defense’ Sanders Accepts His First National Union Endorsement, Calling Labor ‘the Last Line of Defense’

As Democrats line up in favor of pro-union labor law reforms, the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America vote to back Bernie Sanders.

Aug 26, 2019 / John Nichols

Portland Timbers soccer game protest

A Soccer Game Becomes an Anti-Fascist Demonstration in Portland A Soccer Game Becomes an Anti-Fascist Demonstration in Portland

The Portland Timbers soccer fans defied Major League Soccer, team ownership, and fascism in one glorious night. 

Aug 26, 2019 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

David Koch

Even David Koch’s Philanthropy Was Toxic Even David Koch’s Philanthropy Was Toxic

Like other plutocrats, from Andrew Carnegie to Jeff Bezos, the late billionaire used charity to legitimize inequality.

Aug 26, 2019 / Jeet Heer

What Political Scientists Get Wrong About 2016

What Political Scientists Get Wrong About 2016 What Political Scientists Get Wrong About 2016

While their evidence about the racism of many American voters is indisputable, their attempt to discount the role economics plays in this racism and in voting behavior in general i...

Aug 26, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Cooper

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