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Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 22, 2024.

After Chicago: The Challenge Facing Harris After Chicago: The Challenge Facing Harris

August 28, 2024 After Chicago: The Challenge Facing Harris Will she demonstrate clearly why she’s the true champion of working people? Robert L. Borosage Share Copy Link Facebook X…

Aug 28, 2024 / Robert L. Borosage

Oprah Winfrey departs after speaking on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21 in Chicag

Black Women Are the Past, Present, and Future of the Democratic Party Black Women Are the Past, Present, and Future of the Democratic Party

This moment in history is almost too complex to be appreciated.

Aug 27, 2024 / Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Jennifer Taylor-Skinner

The Death Toll in Gaza Reaches Over 40,000

The Death Toll in Gaza Reaches Over 40,000 The Death Toll in Gaza Reaches Over 40,000

Israel’s war on Gaza has resulted in over 40,000 deaths, including nearly 16,500 children, with more than 94,743 people injured, over 10,000 people missing, and millions displaced....

Aug 27, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

NBC News' Raf Sanchez embeds with the Israeli military to travel into the Gaza Strip.

The US Media, Israel, and Palestinian Journalists The US Media, Israel, and Palestinian Journalists

On this episode of American Prestige, Séamus Malekafzali on media and the Middle East.

Aug 27, 2024 / Podcast / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

New York Stock Exchange, 1895.

The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality

A series of new books unearth the long history of egalitarian politics. They also ask whether equality, instead of another political ideal, should be at the center of our politics...

Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

House And Senate Democrats Unveil Policing Reform And Equal Justice Legislation

The Mass Movement That Never Came The Mass Movement That Never Came

Four years after the “Summer of George Floyd,” the political climate has cooled.

Aug 27, 2024 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.

Rachel Kushner’s  Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller

Rachel Kushner’s Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller Rachel Kushner’s Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller

In Creation Lake, Kushner transforms the genre's familiar plot twists and turns into a study of the many fictions we tell one another.

Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, greet supporters.

In “We’re Not Going Back!” Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia In “We’re Not Going Back!” Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia

Underneath the cliché that “we’re all in this together” lie harder truths that will need to be faced if Harris and Walz want to rally the nation for real change.

Aug 27, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

John Russell during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday, August 22, 2024.

The Speech That Brought the Class War to the DNC The Speech That Brought the Class War to the DNC

John Russell told Democrats that they must “create a political home for working Americans fighting for control over their government, their workplaces, and their planet.”

Aug 27, 2024 / John Nichols

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Donald Trump Is Still Running Against Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Is Still Running Against Hillary Clinton

Flailing against a new Democratic ticket, the former president is reverting to the same strategy he used against the only electoral opponent he’s ever defeated.

Aug 27, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

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