Robbing From the Poor to Educate the Rich Robbing From the Poor to Educate the Rich
The bait of school vouchers—and the switch to strangling public education.
Feb 13, 2023 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire
Meet the Activist Championing the Rights of Workers From the Inside Meet the Activist Championing the Rights of Workers From the Inside
Of all the members of Biden’s administration, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has arguably sparked the biggest changes for American workers.
Feb 13, 2023 / Feature / Bryce Covert
It’s Time for Democrats to Actually Defend LGBTQ People It’s Time for Democrats to Actually Defend LGBTQ People
While the GOP’s crusade against the queer community intensifies, LGBTQ rights were scarcely mentioned during Biden’s State of the Union address.
Feb 13, 2023 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
The GOP’s Habitual Lying Is Hazardous to Its Political Health The GOP’s Habitual Lying Is Hazardous to Its Political Health
President Biden deserves credit for humiliating Republicans on Social Security and Medicare. But they made it easy with their metastasizing disregard for the truth.
Feb 10, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Is It Time to Cancel Football? Is It Time to Cancel Football?
Now, as the Super Bowl looms, is it time to turn your back on football? Or would you prefer to “man up” and leave any qualms about its violence in the dust of recent history?
Feb 10, 2023 / Robert Lipsyte
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, You’re No Jack Kennedy Sarah Huckabee Sanders, You’re No Jack Kennedy
Trying to evoke a lost Cold War consensus, the GOP’s rising star conflated “normal” with “crazy.”
Feb 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon
If the Oregon workers are successful, they believe they will be the nation’s largest undergraduate student union at a public university.
Feb 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Porter Wheeler
Heartbreak Is Life: Reflections of a Football Fan Heartbreak Is Life: Reflections of a Football Fan
Like life, football is ultimately about loss, struggle, grace, danger, and finding joy wherever we can.
Feb 10, 2023 / Photo Essay / JoAnn Wypijewski
The Fight to Defeat the Name of the Kansas City Chiefs The Fight to Defeat the Name of the Kansas City Chiefs
As the Kansas City Chiefs compete again in the Super Bowl, it's time to take their racist name off the national stage.
Feb 10, 2023 / Simon Moya-Smith