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Our Bodies, Our Choice

Our Bodies, Our Choice Our Bodies, Our Choice

Abortion is health care, and abortion rights must be guaranteed without discrimination.

Mar 11, 2024 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

Members of United Auto Workers on a picket line in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on September 20, 2023.

Why the Environmental Justice Movement Should Support the UAW Organizing Drive Why the Environmental Justice Movement Should Support the UAW Organizing Drive

A progressive version of the right’s Southern strategy could remake our politics—and ensure that the cars of the future, and the batteries they run on, are built by union labor.

Mar 11, 2024 / Bill Gallegos and Manuel Pastor

Union workers at a march holding a banner reading,

What We Can Learn From Minnesota Unions’ Big Contract Wins What We Can Learn From Minnesota Unions’ Big Contract Wins

Fifteen thousand workers in Minnesota voted to authorize strikes recently, the culmination of over a decade of cross-sector organizing—with powerful results.

Mar 11, 2024 / Bryce Covert

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress on March 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Let the Presidential Election Mudslinging Begin! Let the Presidential Election Mudslinging Begin!

Trashing Donald Trump can’t be Joe Biden’s whole reelection message. But it’s a good start.

Mar 8, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Equality for Infinity!

Equality for Infinity! Equality for Infinity!

International Women’s Day is celebrated March 8 around the world, but Women’s Day should be EVERY day.

Mar 8, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

In this aerial view, protesters supporting women's rights are dressed in red as they form a human chain on International Women's Day in Tel Aviv on March 8, 2023.

Nationalism Distorts Feminism in Israel Just as It Did in the US Nationalism Distorts Feminism in Israel Just as It Did in the US

Israeli feminist groups showed courage standing up to Netanyahu on March 8, 2023. Where is that energy now that Gaza is starving?

Mar 8, 2024 / Rafia Zakaria

During a sermon in 1967, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged the United States to repent and abandon its “tragic, reckless adventure in Vietnam.”

Only Revolutionary Love Can Save Us Now Only Revolutionary Love Can Save Us Now

Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 speech condemning the Vietnam War offers a powerful moral compass as we face the challenges of our time.

Mar 8, 2024 / Feature / Michelle Alexander

Joe Rogan and Brett Weinstein.

AIDS Denialism Is Back. We Can’t Let It Take Root. AIDS Denialism Is Back. We Can’t Let It Take Root.

Joe Rogan, RFK Jr., and others are pushing long-discredited conspiracy junk about HIV and AIDS. Here’s how we should deal with them.

Mar 8, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

Dartmouth player organizers with an SEIU Local 560 sign

The Future of College Sports Is Unionized The Future of College Sports Is Unionized

The Dartmouth basketball team just voted to join SEIU Local 560, a big step toward ending the exploitation of college athletes.

Mar 7, 2024 / Dave Zirin

Democracy Dies in Darkness

Democracy Dies in Darkness Democracy Dies in Darkness

The rise of authoritarian criminals threatens the world.

Mar 7, 2024 / OppArt / Sue Coe

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