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Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)

Jim Jordan Wants to Make Alvin Bragg the Villain, but It’s Not Working Jim Jordan Wants to Make Alvin Bragg the Villain, but It’s Not Working

Jordan swept into Manhattan to do Trump’s bidding, but he ended up reminding everyone that the Manhattan DA is keeping his campaign promises.

Apr 19, 2023 / John Nichols

Time to go? Prime Minister Ariel Henry attends a graduation ceremony for new members of the country's armed forces in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, December 22, 2022.

Haiti, April 2023: Soon There Will Be No One Left to Kidnap Haiti, April 2023: Soon There Will Be No One Left to Kidnap

The deadly consequences of the Biden administration’s policy of no policy.

Apr 17, 2023 / Amy Wilentz

A woman holds a sign protesting NYC Mayor Eric Adams’s policy on mental health

Should Courts Be Able to Mandate Psychiatric Care? Should Courts Be Able to Mandate Psychiatric Care?

Sasha Abramsky argues that court-mandated care connects unhoused individuals to supportive services, while Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu and Ruth Sangree write that psychiatric i...

Apr 17, 2023 / The Debate / Sasha Abramsky, Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu, and Ruth Sangree

Chicago’s Rich Organizing Tradition Paid Off, Delivering Victory for Brandon Johnson

Chicago’s Rich Organizing Tradition Paid Off, Delivering Victory for Brandon Johnson Chicago’s Rich Organizing Tradition Paid Off, Delivering Victory for Brandon Johnson

The Windy City's first movement mayor faces a formidable array of challenges, testing him and the coalition that brought him into office.

Apr 13, 2023 / Barbara Ransby

A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers

A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers

As growers bring in more H-2A workers, affordable housing for local farmworkers has become sparse in the region's labor camps.

Apr 12, 2023 / Photo Essay / David Bacon

Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y.

Stop Gatekeeping Architecture Stop Gatekeeping Architecture

We all inhabit, and therefore participate in, the built environment.

Apr 7, 2023 / Kate Wagner

A food delivery driver on a bicycle rides in the snow on January 28, 2022 in New York City.

We Had New York City’s Back During the Pandemic. Now We Need It to Have Ours. We Had New York City’s Back During the Pandemic. Now We Need It to Have Ours.

It’s time for Mayor Eric Adams to stop stalling and make good on his promise of a minimum wage for delivery workers.

Apr 6, 2023 / Gustavo Ajche and Chris Smalls

A view of 6 World Trade Center, the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center, with the one World Trade Center in the background

Everyone Deserves Grandeur Everyone Deserves Grandeur

A new performing arts center in New York’s Financial District demonstrates the problem with the city’s beautiful, expensive buildings.

Apr 6, 2023 / Marianela D’Aprile

Brandon Johnson celebrates at podium

The Movement That Made Brandon Johnson Mayor of Chicago The Movement That Made Brandon Johnson Mayor of Chicago

Backed by the powerful Chicago teachers Union, he waged an unapologetically progressive campaign and saw off a “law and order” opponent. Now comes the hard part.

Apr 5, 2023 / Micah Uetricht

The shadow of a parent and child holding hands falls on a sidewalk.

“I’d Rather Take a Beating Than Catch a CPS Case”: Survivors Face an Impossible Choice “I’d Rather Take a Beating Than Catch a CPS Case”: Survivors Face an Impossible Choice

Parents facing intimate partner violence need support from social service providers. But they are afraid—with good reason—that information they share will be used against them.

Apr 5, 2023 / Jasmine Wali

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