World

School Shootings Are More Than Just an American Issue

School Shootings Are More Than Just an American Issue School Shootings Are More Than Just an American Issue

Over the past two decades, America has seen more than two dozen deadly school shootings. This year, gun violence in schools has spread to Russia.

Sep 23, 2021 / Finley Muratova

Cheerleading Squad Berlin

Berlin Votes on Whether to Expropriate Corporate Landlords Berlin Votes on Whether to Expropriate Corporate Landlords

Instead of just complaining about the city’s rampant gentrification, the Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen campaign offers Berliners a chance to do something to increase the suppl...

Sep 23, 2021 / Andrew Pasquier

US-Mexico border

Biden’s Disastrous Deportation of Haitians Biden’s Disastrous Deportation of Haitians

Amy Wilentz on the situation at the border, plus Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce on Occupy Wall Street 10 years after.

Sep 23, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Covid Strikes Homeless Housing

Covid Strikes Homeless Housing Covid Strikes Homeless Housing

Honoring lives lost during the lockdown.

Sep 22, 2021 / OppArt / Chris Cardinale

Osama bin Laden Newspapers

Pick Up the Stone: The American Way of Vengeance Pick Up the Stone: The American Way of Vengeance

The line from defeat in Afghanistan to deputizing bounty hunters in Texas can be traced in blood—and history.

Sep 22, 2021 / John Scagliotti and JoAnn Wypijewski

HONG KONG-CHINA-EDUCATION-POLITICS

China Is Dismantling Hong Kong’s Unions China Is Dismantling Hong Kong’s Unions

Empowered workers would be a threat to the Chinese Communist Party.

Sep 22, 2021 / Maya Wang

Uniting Against the American War Machine

Uniting Against the American War Machine Uniting Against the American War Machine

Twenty years and trillions of dollars later, the US counterinsurgency in Afghanistan failed—so when will we stop rewarding the military-industrial complex?

Sep 22, 2021 / William Astore

Biden Afghanistan War

It’s Time to Break Up the Military-Industrial Complex It’s Time to Break Up the Military-Industrial Complex

Despite the end of two decades of war, a congressional committee just voted to increase the Pentagon’s budget by $24 billion.

Sep 21, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

Progressive Democrats Fight to Limit Defense Spending Progressive Democrats Fight to Limit Defense Spending

The House is poised to pass a military budget this week that’s even bigger than President Joe Biden requested, but left-leaning lawmakers are putting up a fight.

Sep 21, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Womb With a View

Womb With a View Womb With a View

Mutiny for a bounty.

Sep 21, 2021 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

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