Society

Rite Aid Pharmacy in Pittsburgh

Trump’s Plan to Make Drugs Cheaper Could End Up Making Them More Expensive Trump’s Plan to Make Drugs Cheaper Could End Up Making Them More Expensive

Now, that’s good policy!

Jul 6, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Travel ban protest

Patriotism in the Trump Era Patriotism in the Trump Era

For many Americans, the pursuit of happiness is getting harder every day. But in the growing movements demanding justice and equality for all, we see the hard work of patriotism fl...

Jul 5, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rikers closing in NYC

It Will Take Tenacity and Guts to Shutter One of the Country’s Most Notorious Jails It Will Take Tenacity and Guts to Shutter One of the Country’s Most Notorious Jails

Is New York Mayor Bill de Blasio up to the challenge of closing Rikers Island?

Jul 5, 2017 / Jarrett Murphy

Take Action Now: Support Nonviolent Direct Action and Join the Fight for Net Neutrality

Take Action Now: Support Nonviolent Direct Action and Join the Fight for Net Neutrality Take Action Now: Support Nonviolent Direct Action and Join the Fight for Net Neutrality

Check out three meaningful actions you can take this week.

Jul 4, 2017 / NationAction

NBA Free-Agency Madness and the Strength of Kaepernick’s Silence

NBA Free-Agency Madness and the Strength of Kaepernick’s Silence NBA Free-Agency Madness and the Strength of Kaepernick’s Silence

We talk to NBA writer Sekou Smith about Phil Jackson, free agency, and how the league has changed.

Jul 4, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

mcmansion

We Are the 99 Percent—Except for the Top 20 Percent of Us We Are the 99 Percent—Except for the Top 20 Percent of Us

In a new book, Richard V. Reeves argues that members of the upper middle class, not just the ultra-wealthy, are making our society profoundly unequal.

Jul 3, 2017 / Bryce Covert

Nina Turner

Nina Turner: It Is Not Our Job to Fit Into the Democratic Establishment Nina Turner: It Is Not Our Job to Fit Into the Democratic Establishment

The new president of Our Revolution on race, class, electoral strategy, and whether we’ll feel the Bern in 2020.

Jun 30, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Fearless Cities Barcelona

These Cities Might Just Save the Country These Cities Might Just Save the Country

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Atlantic City to Miami Beach.

Jun 30, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

40 Strangers. 50 Questions.

40 Strangers. 50 Questions. 40 Strangers. 50 Questions.

What happens when complete strangers are asked questions about life, love, and discrimination?

Jun 30, 2017 / Robert Greenwald

Mitch McConnell and John Barrasso

The Health-Care Debacle Has Exposed Republicans for Who They Are The Health-Care Debacle Has Exposed Republicans for Who They Are

We shouldn’t forget the abject cruelty of the “repeal” plans.

Jun 29, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

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