Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like
A strategy for building a rural-urban working-class coalition.
Apr 23, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Conservatives Wasted No Time Getting Wildly Racist About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Conservatives Wasted No Time Getting Wildly Racist About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Even as the search continued for survivors, the right-wing ecosystem was using the tragedy to smear immigrants and Black people.
Mar 28, 2024 / Rebekah Entralgo
Biden Has Gotten a Lot Done. Have Voters Noticed? Biden Has Gotten a Lot Done. Have Voters Noticed?
The president is betting that he can defy the overall trend of public opinion and demonstrate that government can actually work.
Mar 7, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
I’m a Rail Worker, and Biden Screwed Us I’m a Rail Worker, and Biden Screwed Us
We can either deny rail carriers our labor in defiance of long-established laws, or we stand still and keep eating their punches.
Dec 13, 2022 / John Tormey
Supply-Chain Workers Have the Power—and They’re Ready to Use It Supply-Chain Workers Have the Power—and They’re Ready to Use It
Rail, port, and parcel delivery workers are fighting for better contracts, and this time they have leverage.
Nov 18, 2022 / Rachel Phua
The Mississippi Water Crisis Is the Tip of the Global Disaster to Come The Mississippi Water Crisis Is the Tip of the Global Disaster to Come
Extreme weather will put a strain on global water supplies.
Sep 27, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Holding Back the Tide of Water Privatization Holding Back the Tide of Water Privatization
Three public water activists say privatization is not the answer to our infrastructure woes.
Sep 22, 2022 / Q&A / Hadas Thier
Are Rail Workers on Track to Win Better Working Conditions? Are Rail Workers on Track to Win Better Working Conditions?
A tentative deal to avert a national rail strike awaits a membership vote—and clarification of basic job protections.
Sep 15, 2022 / Mel Buer
America’s Largest, Most Neglected Machine Could Be the Key to Radical Climate Activism America’s Largest, Most Neglected Machine Could Be the Key to Radical Climate Activism
Most of us ignore the electrical grid, but it’s a crucial part of the transition to renewable energy capacity.
May 23, 2022 / Feature / Jessi Jezewska Stevens
This Is Life After the Dixie Fire This Is Life After the Dixie Fire
People in high places with money to share are not riding over the ridge to our rescue.
Dec 16, 2021 / Jane Braxton Little