The Fight to Keep New Orleans From Becoming “Everywhere Else” The Fight to Keep New Orleans From Becoming “Everywhere Else”
Twenty years after Katrina, the cultural workers who kept New Orleans alive are demanding not to be pushed aside.
Dec 17, 2025 / Feature / Larry Blumenfeld
Breaking the LAPD’s Choke Hold Breaking the LAPD’s Choke Hold
How the late-20th-century battles over race and policing in Los Angeles foreshadowed the Trump era.
Dec 17, 2025 / Feature / Danny Goldberg
Mayor of LA to America: “Beware!” Mayor of LA to America: “Beware!”
Trump has made Los Angeles a testing ground for military intervention on our streets. Mayor Karen Bass says her city has become an example for how to fight back.
How LA Defeated Donald Trump How LA Defeated Donald Trump
And how the rest of the country can too.
Dec 16, 2025 / Feature / Bill Gallegos
The Fierce and Joyous Face of LA Resistance The Fierce and Joyous Face of LA Resistance
What we can learn from a great American city’s refusal to bend to Trump’s invasion.
Dec 16, 2025 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols
What Your Cheap Clothes Cost the Planet What Your Cheap Clothes Cost the Planet
A global supply chain built for speed is leaving behind waste, toxins, and a trail of environmental wreckage.
Dec 15, 2025 / Feature / Sachi Mulkey and Rebecca McCarthy
A Fired Federal Worker Finds Refuge in Mexico A Fired Federal Worker Finds Refuge in Mexico
“The administration doesn’t want me. I personally don’t feel safe [in the United States]. I know I’m not the only person who feels that way.”
Nov 18, 2025 / Feature / Rebekah Sager
The Deliberate Decimation of the Federal Workforce The Deliberate Decimation of the Federal Workforce
Systems built up over the last 120 years are being either eliminated or corroded at warp speed, with the implicit blessing of the US Supreme Court.
Nov 18, 2025 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.” “Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”
All too often, when parents can’t afford safe housing, the solution child welfare services offer is putting their children in foster care.
Nov 17, 2025 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Philanthropy in the Crosshairs Philanthropy in the Crosshairs
As Trump escalates his war on civil society, will liberal foundations join the fight to defend democracy?
Nov 17, 2025 / Feature / David Callahan