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How Women Are Made Invisible by Design How Women Are Made Invisible by Design

When a “generic male” is the measure of all things, women suffer the consequences.

Apr 9, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Electoral College Bound Electoral College Bound

Amending the constitution—that’s unconstitutional!

Apr 9, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Bernie Sanders at a convention

Bernie Sanders Is Making Union Solidarity an Essential Theme of the 2020 Campaign Bernie Sanders Is Making Union Solidarity an Essential Theme of the 2020 Campaign

The senator is rallying with labor and proposing to upend “right to work” laws.

Apr 8, 2019 / John Nichols

Juvenile Prisoners

Meet the Grown-Ups Keeping Kids Out of Prison Meet the Grown-Ups Keeping Kids Out of Prison

The Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice will help guide towns, cities, and states on how to close youth prisons for good.

Apr 8, 2019 / Ross Barkan

Theory to (Target) Practice

Theory to (Target) Practice Theory to (Target) Practice

Ignorance breeds hate.

Apr 8, 2019 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Women in Congress cheering

An All-Female Ticket for 2020 An All-Female Ticket for 2020

Kamala Harris says she would consider a woman for vice president. So does Elizabeth Warren.

Apr 5, 2019 / John Nichols

Operation Protective Edge

Is Israel’s Benny Gantz Guilty of War Crimes? Is Israel’s Benny Gantz Guilty of War Crimes?

A front-runner in next week’s elections, he’s being sued in Dutch court by a survivor of the 2014 assault on Gaza—with indirect support from unusual quarters.

Apr 5, 2019 / Naomi Zeveloff

Tommie Smith and John Carlos

San Jose State Will Build a Parking Structure on Hallowed Ground San Jose State Will Build a Parking Structure on Hallowed Ground

By paving a historic track to put up a parking lot, the school is erasing history.

Apr 5, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Joe Biden speaking at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers construction and maintenance conference

Some Democrats Haven’t Learned the Lessons of #MeToo Some Democrats Haven’t Learned the Lessons of #MeToo

Some of Joe Biden’s defenders are drawing from the Brett Kavanaugh playbook.

Apr 5, 2019 / Steve Phillips

INsecurity Blanket, for a Fake Emergency

INsecurity Blanket, for a Fake Emergency INsecurity Blanket, for a Fake Emergency

At Border Detention Facilities, children receive Mylar blankets. Two migrant children died while in US custody in the past few months.

Apr 5, 2019 / OppArt / Rose Deler

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