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A water main break in the Banksville neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

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

Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall In Louisiana Leaving Devastation In Its Wake

No, America Doesn’t Actually Need “Sacrifice Zones” No, America Doesn’t Actually Need “Sacrifice Zones”

Their suffering is not for the greater good.

Sep 22, 2022 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

David Malpass speaking in a suit

The White House Wants a Climate Denier Out as World Bank President The White House Wants a Climate Denier Out as World Bank President

John Kerry backs Al Gore’s call to “get rid of” David Malpass at the world’s largest development bank.

Sep 22, 2022 / Mark Hertsgaard

A Poet Confronts the Violent History of El Salvador

A Poet Confronts the Violent History of El Salvador A Poet Confronts the Violent History of El Salvador

Christopher Soto’s Diaries of a Terrorist grapples with the the security ideology that shapes the Americas through poems that explore activism and resistance.

Sep 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Danielle Mackey

Bhaskar Sunkara on Bernie in 2024, Plus Chris Lehmann on the “Brooks Brothers Riot”

Bhaskar Sunkara on Bernie in 2024, Plus Chris Lehmann on the “Brooks Brothers Riot” Bhaskar Sunkara on Bernie in 2024, Plus Chris Lehmann on the “Brooks Brothers Riot”

On this week's episode of Start Making Sense, The Nation’s president and its D.C. Bureau chief join the podcast for discussions on the democratic presidential bid and a Republican ...

Sep 22, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Sanctuary City

Sanctuary City Sanctuary City

Welcoming liberty.

Sep 21, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Chris Lehmann on Ron DeSantis Using Migrants as Pawns

Chris Lehmann on Ron DeSantis Using Migrants as Pawns Chris Lehmann on Ron DeSantis Using Migrants as Pawns

On this week's episode of The Time of Monsters, a discussion of how the GOP’s immigration gambit might boomerang. 

Sep 21, 2022 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Chinese American community leader Ying Lee Kelley

Remembering Ying Lee Remembering Ying Lee

Looking back at the life of a trailblazing activist and Berkeley’s first Asian American city council member.

Sep 21, 2022 / David Bacon

Imani Perry’s Capacious History of the South

Imani Perry’s Capacious History of the South Imani Perry’s Capacious History of the South

While the South is often dismissed as a region catching up to the rest of the country, Perry's new book demonstrates why it has always been the key to defining the promise and limi...

Sep 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

Days of Their Lives: Steve Brodner’s “Living & Dying in America”

Days of Their Lives: Steve Brodner’s “Living & Dying in America” Days of Their Lives: Steve Brodner’s “Living & Dying in America”

A personal memorial by the renowned cartoonist.

Sep 21, 2022 / Feature / Steve Brodner with an introduction by Edward Sorel

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