Extreme Heat Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Jobs Even Harder Extreme Heat Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Jobs Even Harder
In California, migrant workers in the country on H-2A visas are laboring through heat, atrocious housing, and other afflictions.
Aug 13, 2021 / Photo Essay / David Bacon
What’s Good and What’s Dangerous in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill What’s Good and What’s Dangerous in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Progressives need to hold strong for the reconciliation bill, but all Democrats should remember: There is no infrastructure as important as the foundation of democracy, which is vo...
Aug 12, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Behind the Crisis in Lebanon, a Vast Bank-Run Ponzi Scheme Behind the Crisis in Lebanon, a Vast Bank-Run Ponzi Scheme
From gas lines to medicine shortages, Lebanon is suffering the fallout of years of political and financial corruption.
Aug 12, 2021 / Saree Makdisi
The Choice to Vaccinate Has Never Been Free The Choice to Vaccinate Has Never Been Free
To increase vaccination rates, then, America doesn’t just need free Covid vaccines—we need free health care.
Aug 11, 2021 / Rhea Boyd
At Risk in Israel’s Backlash Against Ben and Jerry’s? The Right to Protest. At Risk in Israel’s Backlash Against Ben and Jerry’s? The Right to Protest.
Israel’s push to punish the ice cream company is part of a larger offensive against Palestine activists—one that mirrors the broader right-wing assault on social justice movements.
Aug 11, 2021 / Amira Mattar
The Capitol Insurrection Was a… “Love Fest”? The Capitol Insurrection Was a… “Love Fest”?
Trump and the GOP attempt to rewrite history.
Aug 10, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Biden’s Eviction Moratorium Is a Rare Act of Presidential Civil Disobedience Biden’s Eviction Moratorium Is a Rare Act of Presidential Civil Disobedience
The Supreme Court will almost certainly strike down the moratorium, but the president’s decision to heed the call of Cori Bush was the right and righteous thing to do.
Aug 9, 2021 / Elie Mystal
The Anti-Asian Roots of Today’s Anti-Immigrant Politics The Anti-Asian Roots of Today’s Anti-Immigrant Politics
Long before Trump, politicians on the country’s West Coast mobilized a white working-class base through violent hate of Chinese and Japanese immigrants.
Aug 9, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Mari Uyehara
Whose Side Is the Supreme Court On? Whose Side Is the Supreme Court On?
Many people who came of age in the 1950s and 60s view the Supreme Court as a force for good when it comes to race. But the court has often been the most anti-progressive branch of ...
Aug 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Randall Kennedy
Unions Are the Heart of Arizona’s Political Change Unions Are the Heart of Arizona’s Political Change
The historically red state’s GOP is attacking organized labor, but labor is fighting back and turning Arizona blue.
Aug 6, 2021 / C.M. Lewis