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Pa’lante Siempre: Denise Oliver-Velez (1947–2026)

Pa’lante Siempre: Denise Oliver-Velez (1947–2026) Pa’lante Siempre: Denise Oliver-Velez (1947–2026)

From frontline organizing to political commentary, her fierce, multiracial advocacy reshaped 20th-century liberation and continues to inspire social justice.

Aug 12, 2026 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

First They Came

First They Came First They Came

For the immigrants.

Aug 11, 2026 / OppArt / Anonymous

The Dignifying Solution to America’s Care Crisis

The Dignifying Solution to America’s Care Crisis The Dignifying Solution to America’s Care Crisis

Employee ownership turns care work jobs into good jobs—and leads to better patient outcomes.

Aug 11, 2026 / Feature / Courtney E. Martin

Maryam Tahmasebi.

One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

Aug 11, 2026 / Maryam Tahmasebi

People hold up signs on a pedestrian bridge during a nationwide protest against AI data center expansion in Berkeley, California, on July 18, 2026.

Willie Nelson Gets It—This Time About Data Centers Willie Nelson Gets It—This Time About Data Centers

“The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center anywhere near our town (or any others for that matter).”

Aug 11, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks alongside NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani after a police officer was shot in the vest in Brooklyn, on July 5, 2026.

Can Zohran Mamdani Get Criminal Justice Reform Done if Jessica Tisch Is His Police Commissioner? Can Zohran Mamdani Get Criminal Justice Reform Done if Jessica Tisch Is His Police Commissioner?

His promises haven’t yet been fulfilled.

Aug 11, 2026 / Ross Barkan

Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics looks on against the Miami Heat on October 15, 2021, in Miami, Florida.

Anti-Trans Bigots Try to Divide/Destroy WNBA Anti-Trans Bigots Try to Divide/Destroy WNBA

Frankie de la Cretaz joins Edge of Sports to talk about what’s happening in the WNBA right now.

Aug 10, 2026 / Dave Zirin

Packages of Taylor Farms salad greens are displayed at a Safeway store on July 16, 2026, in Kings Beach, California.

The Explosive Failures Fueling the Cyclospora Outbreak The Explosive Failures Fueling the Cyclospora Outbreak

We're getting a stark reminder of what happens when you gut a public-health system.

Aug 10, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Columbia University, March 2025.

What Happened to the American University? What Happened to the American University?

Once the envy of the world, higher education in the United States is now in a state of endless crisis.

Aug 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Bessner

El-Sayed Wins

El-Sayed Wins El-Sayed Wins

 The big melt.

Aug 7, 2026 / Steve Brodner

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