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Trump Has Gone to War Against California Trump Has Gone to War Against California

In his vengeful, mob-style way, Trump is attacking the Golden State both rhetorically and through policy measures. No matter where we live, we all have a dog in this fight.

Oct 15, 2019 / Editorial / Sasha Abramsky

Our Maniac in the White House: Tales of Woe and Resistance

Our Maniac in the White House: Tales of Woe and Resistance Our Maniac in the White House: Tales of Woe and Resistance

Trump is inflicting enormous damage with his great and unmatched idiocy. But California continues to dance to its own tune, with a raft of progressive legislation.

Oct 11, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

The Bronx May Send a Homophobic Democrat to Congress

The Bronx May Send a Homophobic Democrat to Congress The Bronx May Send a Homophobic Democrat to Congress

Rubén Díaz Sr. is a socially conservative City Council member whose district neighbors AOC’s. In a crowded Democratic primary, he may just win.

Oct 11, 2019 / Ross Barkan

Children playing soccer

What’s the Best Way to Actually Care for Unaccompanied Migrant Children? What’s the Best Way to Actually Care for Unaccompanied Migrant Children?

Not with for-profit contractors. 

Oct 10, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

Bond-Rating Agencies Have the Power to Destroy Radical Dreams

Bond-Rating Agencies Have the Power to Destroy Radical Dreams Bond-Rating Agencies Have the Power to Destroy Radical Dreams

Moody’s threatens Berlin over a progressive housing proposal.

Oct 9, 2019 / Clark Randall

Why Is Cory Booker Still Running For President?

Why Is Cory Booker Still Running For President? Why Is Cory Booker Still Running For President?

Down in the polls, ignored by the media, Booker refuses to quit.

Oct 8, 2019 / Feature / Gene Seymour

How to Be a Radical Mayor

How to Be a Radical Mayor How to Be a Radical Mayor

Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, explains why the presidency is like the plantation.

Oct 7, 2019 / Editorial / John Nichols

Chesa Boudin

This Son of the Left Could Become San Francisco’s Next District Attorney This Son of the Left Could Become San Francisco’s Next District Attorney

Chesa Boudin is the child of political radicals who were imprisoned when he was young. Now he’s running to transform his city’s criminal justice system—from the inside.

Oct 3, 2019 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias

HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants

HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants

Under proposed new rules, if a single member of a family is undocumented, the entire family can be evicted.

Oct 1, 2019 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

El Paso vigil

In El Paso, a Loving Community Living in Fear In El Paso, a Loving Community Living in Fear

It will take more than a repudiation of racism and white nationalism for El Paso to heal.

Sep 30, 2019 / Edith Tapia and Ariana Sawyer

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