Trump’s EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco Trump’s EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco
The agency’s plan to limit the scientific research it can use in creating regulations could gut public health protections. That’s exactly what the tobacco industry intended.
Nov 22, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter
If Prison Conditions Don’t Improve, ‘It Will Be Our Blood Running Through the Water’ If Prison Conditions Don’t Improve, ‘It Will Be Our Blood Running Through the Water’
Meet Swift Justice, the incarcerated organizer fighting to transform Alabama’s prisons.
Nov 21, 2019 / Olivia Heffernan
Forget About Plans, Which Candidate Can Get Things Done? Forget About Plans, Which Candidate Can Get Things Done?
The question debate moderators need to ask tonight is not what changes candidates want to make but how they will make them happen.
Nov 20, 2019 / Rashad Robinson
When It Comes to Being Gay-Friendly, Women’s Sports Are Ahead of the Game When It Comes to Being Gay-Friendly, Women’s Sports Are Ahead of the Game
Women’s leagues have become much safer spaces for queerness, while men’s sports are still trapped in a culture of repression.
Nov 20, 2019 / Payal Dhar
Hong Kong Was Never Built to Stand Up to China Hong Kong Was Never Built to Stand Up to China
The power of the territory’s courts was dismissed by Beijing this week—proving just how weak Hong Kong’s rule of law has always been.
Nov 19, 2019 / Yukiko Kobayashi Lui
The Furor Over Medicare for All Ignores a Key Question The Furor Over Medicare for All Ignores a Key Question
Do we have the courage to make health care a right, not a privilege?
Nov 19, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Surviving Indonesia’s Antigay Clampdown Surviving Indonesia’s Antigay Clampdown
They met, fell in love, and were nearly torn apart in a country where LGBTQ people are increasingly persecuted.
Nov 19, 2019 / Feature / Nicole Einbinder and Gabriela Bhaskar
The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing
Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize—and win.
Nov 16, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
Bernie and AOC’s Green New Deal for Public Housing Act Would Transform America Bernie and AOC’s Green New Deal for Public Housing Act Would Transform America
The proposed legislation would cut 5.6 million tons of carbon emissions and create 240,000 jobs.
Nov 14, 2019 / Daniel Aldana Cohen and Julian Brave NoiseCat