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The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants

The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants

We must ensure that corporations aren’t able to pick and choose winners and losers in journalism.

Dec 11, 2023 / Feature / Zephyr Teachout

Elon Musk’s Real Threat to Democracy Isn’t What You Think

Elon Musk’s Real Threat to Democracy Isn’t What You Think Elon Musk’s Real Threat to Democracy Isn’t What You Think

How the attention-starved CEO took over our communications infrastructure.

Dec 11, 2023 / Feature / Siva Vaidhyanathan

Lina Khan’s Anti-Monopoly Power

Lina Khan’s Anti-Monopoly Power Lina Khan’s Anti-Monopoly Power

Beginning in the 1970s, the Federal Trade Commission gave up on its mission to protect consumers and competition. Then Khan took charge of the agency, and turned it on its head.

Dec 9, 2023 / Feature / Bryce Covert

What Made the Lights Go Out in Moore County?

What Made the Lights Go Out in Moore County? What Made the Lights Go Out in Moore County?

As a drag show was taking place in the North Carolina region, an attack on the electrical grid shut the power down.

Dec 4, 2023 / Feature / Laura Flanders

An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe

An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe

Conversations with Jane Hirshfield, poet of the present moment.

Dec 4, 2023 / Feature / Wen Stephenson

How Ohio Passed the Highest-Stakes Abortion Rights Law Since “Roe” Fell

How Ohio Passed the Highest-Stakes Abortion Rights Law Since “Roe” Fell How Ohio Passed the Highest-Stakes Abortion Rights Law Since “Roe” Fell

The state is now firmly held by Republicans, but organizers found a way to reach voters who are appalled by the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Nov 29, 2023 / Feature / Dani McClain

The Right to Speak for Ourselves

The Right to Speak for Ourselves The Right to Speak for Ourselves

For far too long, Palestinians have been denied the freedom to tell our own story.

Nov 27, 2023 / Feature / Mohammed El-Kurd

The People’s Republic of Portland, Maine

The People’s Republic of Portland, Maine The People’s Republic of Portland, Maine

Local organizers have gotten the New England town to pass some of the most progressive legislation in the country. Will it stick?

Nov 15, 2023 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Unmarried to the Mob

Unmarried to the Mob Unmarried to the Mob

After the ex-wife of a Trump Organization insider talked to prosecutors, she lost her children and her home. But she’s still fighting.

Nov 13, 2023 / Feature / Joan Walsh

Workers Are Getting Paid to Do Nothing at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Workers Are Getting Paid to Do Nothing at Los Alamos National Laboratory Workers Are Getting Paid to Do Nothing at Los Alamos National Laboratory

The nuclear weapons complex is so mismanaged that employees are collecting full salaries to play chess and catnap.

Nov 9, 2023 / Feature / Alicia Inez Guzmán

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