The Police Union Failed Miserably in Its Attempt to Beat Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner The Police Union Failed Miserably in Its Attempt to Beat Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner
Across the country, police unions are trying to defeat progressive reformers. Tuesday’s hotly contested election shows voters remain committed to changing an unjust system.
May 19, 2021 / John Nichols
Surveillance Surveillance
Over-policing in Black and brown communities.
May 19, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill
Republican Cancel Culture: State Laws to Suppress Activism Republican Cancel Culture: State Laws to Suppress Activism
Republicans in 33 states have introduced bills to make protesting a crime.
May 19, 2021 / David Cole
The Pentagon Inflates the Chinese Nuclear Threat in a Push for New Intercontinental Missiles The Pentagon Inflates the Chinese Nuclear Threat in a Push for New Intercontinental Missiles
Every US military service is seeking more money than before, and each one is touting the importance of their weapons in overcoming the Chinese military threat.
May 19, 2021 / Michael T. Klare
Kevin McCarthy Sinks Even Lower Kevin McCarthy Sinks Even Lower
He sells out a GOP House ally by opposing a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection. Is he afraid of what it will find?
May 18, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Democrats Can Claim the ‘Family Values’ Mantle With Paid Leave and Affordable Child Care Democrats Can Claim the ‘Family Values’ Mantle With Paid Leave and Affordable Child Care
The United States is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t guarantee paid family leave.
May 18, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Israeli / Palestinian Conflict Israeli / Palestinian Conflict
Israel’s imbalance of power.
May 18, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards
Cancel Culture, Case Closed Cancel Culture, Case Closed
The world’s greatest internet detective faces his hardest puzzle yet.
May 18, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Gunning for AOC—and There’s Only 1 Reason Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Gunning for AOC—and There’s Only 1 Reason
A newly discovered video of Greene harassing AOC in 2019, along with Greene’s attacks on her colleague on the House floor last week, reveal a racism that is as old as it is scary.
May 17, 2021 / Elie Mystal
