AIPAC vs. Democracy AIPAC vs. Democracy
AIPAC has endorsed 109 January 6 insurrectionists. The organization clearly doesn’t care if candidates don’t care about fair elections.
Aug 12, 2022 / Ruth Messinger and Mik Moore
California Needs to Think Outside the Box on Homelessness California Needs to Think Outside the Box on Homelessness
Restricting encampments doesn’t get at the root of the problem.
Aug 12, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
Ilhan Omar Survives a Nail-Biter. Why Was the Vote So Close? Ilhan Omar Survives a Nail-Biter. Why Was the Vote So Close?
It was supposed to be a blowout, but Don Samuels lost the Democratic primary by just 2 percentage points.
Aug 11, 2022 / Maya Rao
To Move Back From the Brink, Restart Nuclear Talks To Move Back From the Brink, Restart Nuclear Talks
It is high time that the US pursued disarmament diplomacy.
Aug 11, 2022 / Daryl G. Kimball
Peace in Ukraine Procession Peace in Ukraine Procession
Street action, New York City, July 23, 2022.
Aug 11, 2022 / OppArt / George de Castro-Day
Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus? Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus?
And three more questions about the biggest climate legislation in US history.
Aug 11, 2022 / Mark Hertsgaard
What’s Missing From Voting Data? Race. What’s Missing From Voting Data? Race.
Despite a mountain of evidence affirming the centrality of race in US politics, it is essentially ignored in almost all electoral analysis.
Aug 11, 2022 / Steve Phillips
Liz Cheney in the Wyoming Primaries and White Supremacy in Southern California Liz Cheney in the Wyoming Primaries and White Supremacy in Southern California
On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, writers John Nichols and Gustavo Arellano join to discuss the upcoming election in Wyoming and a history of the right wing in Orange C...
Aug 11, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
The Photographs of the Border The Photographs of the Border
In More Than a Wall / Más que un Muro, labor journalist David Bacon offers a politically rich, bilingual compilation of photographs and oral histories.
Aug 11, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Aviva Chomsky
Philly Tenants Are Fighting on the Front Lines of the Low-Income Housing Crisis Philly Tenants Are Fighting on the Front Lines of the Low-Income Housing Crisis
As rents skyrocket, cities can’t afford to lose low-income housing like West Philadelphia’s UC Townhomes.
Aug 11, 2022 / Chris Gelardi