Massacres Remembered Massacres Remembered
Gut Checks. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of May 17.
May 21, 2021 / The Greater Quiet / Steve Brodner
The Blue Welfare State The Blue Welfare State
With its new budget proposal, California could be poised to go down the social-democratic route taken by most Western democracies three-quarters of a century ago.
May 21, 2021 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
The Fall of the House of Gates? The Fall of the House of Gates?
Fully reckoning with Bill Gates means not just focusing on how he treats women—vital as that is—but also confronting our own deep-seated worship of wealth and hardwired belief in h...
May 20, 2021 / Tim Schwab
Surveillance Surveillance
Over-policing in Black and brown communities.
May 19, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill
The California Prosecutors Who Want to Keep People Out of Jail The California Prosecutors Who Want to Keep People Out of Jail
In the state that once pioneered the punitive Three Strikes policy, a coalition of recently elected district attorneys is pushing back against mass incarceration.
May 17, 2021 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Tragedy and Hope on the Western Front Tragedy and Hope on the Western Front
The imprisonment of Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen and the prospect of humane redistribution of wealth show California both failing and aspiring to its political promise.
May 14, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
When Lean-In Feminism Reaches the Factory Floor When Lean-In Feminism Reaches the Factory Floor
Garment workers in India don’t need life-skills training. They need higher wages.
May 12, 2021 / Maria Hengeveld
Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders
This global pandemic must remain our collective battle.
May 11, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Nurses Are Striking Across the Country Over Patient Safety Nurses Are Striking Across the Country Over Patient Safety
The pandemic—and widespread frustration over unsafe working conditions—has triggered a wave of strikes in hospitals from Massachusetts to Hawaii.
May 6, 2021 / Sarah Jaffe and C.M. Lewis
Student Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here’s How Student Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here’s How
Advocates collected thousands of responses from borrowers across the country, and their stories show just how debilitating student debt has become.
May 5, 2021 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Whitney Barkley-Denney