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Mayor of LA to America: “Beware!”

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.

Dec 17, 2025 / Feature / Gail Reed

How LA Defeated Donald Trump

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 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 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

The Tunnel Home: A Story of Housing First

The Tunnel Home: A Story of Housing First The Tunnel Home: A Story of Housing First

In the 1990s, a group of New Yorkers helped prove the effectiveness of a bold but simple approach to homelessness. Now Trump wants to end it.

Dec 3, 2025 / Feature / Patrick Markee

“I feel that the community here really understands me, both Mexican and expats,” Karen says, referring to the influx of Americans who’ve relocated to the city since Trump was first elected president in 2016. Karen was terminated as part of the Trump administration's January 20 executive order suspending the US Refugee Admissions Program.

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 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.” “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 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

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.

Nov 12, 2025 / Feature / Liam Scott

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