Government

Meltdown

Meltdown Meltdown

Getting hot in here.

Oct 18, 2024 / OppArt / Joep Bertrams

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris pauses while speaking during a campaign rally at the Rawhide Event Center on October 10, 2024, in Chandler, Arizona.

The Harris Campaign Needs to Name Other Culprits Besides Donald Trump The Harris Campaign Needs to Name Other Culprits Besides Donald Trump

By not naming those responsible for the economic woes that still plague working Americans, Democrats lack a credible story about what they’re going to change—and who is to blame.

Oct 18, 2024 / Zephyr Teachout

Democratic congressional candidate Ron Dellums, and his wife, Roscoe, left, clasp hands with Mrs. Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King. Mrs. King appeared at a press conference in Oakland October 30, 1970, to endorse Dellums’s candidacy for the Oakland-Berkeley congressional district.

What the Movement for Palestine Can Learn From the Fight Against Apartheid What the Movement for Palestine Can Learn From the Fight Against Apartheid

The successful push to change US policy toward South Africa provides a useful blueprint for our current moment.

Oct 18, 2024 / Waleed Shahid

Bret Baier and Vice President Kamala Harris face each other, seated, during an interview, in front of a stone wall.

Trump and Harris Take On Fox News Trump and Harris Take On Fox News

Harris, mostly, prevails. Trump remains Trump.

Oct 17, 2024 / Joan Walsh

The Starbucks Workers United organizing office in Buffalo, New York, on January 30, 2022.

A Faster Path to Collective Bargaining: Majority Sign-Up A Faster Path to Collective Bargaining: Majority Sign-Up

Though approval of unions is at historically high levels, membership remains low. One way to change that is to make it easier for workers to form a union—and to start bargaining.

Oct 17, 2024 / Rand Wilson and Peter Olney

Hitting the Tipping Point

Hitting the Tipping Point Hitting the Tipping Point

The planet is showing us that it can’t be business as usual.

Oct 16, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks during a rally at Ripon College on October 3, 2024, in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Recipe for a Harris Win: More Obama, Less Cheney Recipe for a Harris Win: More Obama, Less Cheney

Embracing right-wing Republicans won’t excite undecided voters. Associating with a popular Democrat who understands battleground states like Wisconsin will.

Oct 16, 2024 / John Nichols

Quotes of the Week

Quotes of the Week Quotes of the Week

I'm dark maga.

Oct 15, 2024 / Steve Brodner

James Goodwin, the policy director at the Center for Progressive Reform. A Project 2025 sign is seen as at the Capitol Visitor Center on September 12, 2024.

The Far Right’s Plot Against Workers The Far Right’s Plot Against Workers

James Goodwin, the policy director at the Center for Progressive Reform, explains what the “bleak” world of labor under Project 2025 would look like.

Oct 15, 2024 / Q&A / Laura Flanders and Maximillian Alvarez

Kamala Shoe

Kamala Shoe Kamala Shoe

Stepping on up.

Oct 15, 2024 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

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