Politics

Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley speaks to acrowd of bystanders near the scene where federal agents shot and killed a woman earlier on Portland Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 7, 2026.

Let’s Make Renee Good the Last Person That ICE Kills Let’s Make Renee Good the Last Person That ICE Kills

We can turn the tide against Trump—but only with mass action and courageous leadership.

Jan 15, 2026 / Robin Wonsley

Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, flanked by masked agents, at the perimeter of the site where Renee Good was shot to death.

Democrats Need to Shut Down the Government to Defund ICE Terror Democrats Need to Shut Down the Government to Defund ICE Terror

With another deadline looming at the end of the month, party leaders must use the power they have to begin dismantling Trump’s police state.

Jan 15, 2026 / David Faris

Times Square

Times Square Times Square

January 3, 2026.

Jan 15, 2026 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Homes burn as powerful winds drive the Eaton Fire on January 7, 2025, in Pasadena, California.

Climate Hushers Need to Get Real Climate Hushers Need to Get Real

Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.

Jan 15, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

The North Chennai Power Station.

The US Needs India to Buy Coal. Who Pays the Cost? The US Needs India to Buy Coal. Who Pays the Cost?

As the country doubles down on coal exports, local communities—like those in Baltimore and Ennore—will bear the environmental burden.

Jan 15, 2026 / StudentNation / Alex Norbrook

House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, left, high fives Delegate Lily Franklin, D-Montgomery, center, after taking the oath of office during the opening of the 2026 session of the Virginia General Assembly.

Democrats Really Can Compete in Rural America Democrats Really Can Compete in Rural America

The results for the 2025 election cycle send a powerful message regarding strategies that connect outside of urban centers.

Jan 15, 2026 / Erica Etelson

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a policy announcement event at the US Department of Health and Human Services on January 8, 2026.

Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids

After taking countless lives around the world, RFK Jr. and his ghoulish compatriots want American children to suffer too.

Jan 15, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a January 13 press conference.

Mamdani Starts Governing by Getting the Imagery Right Mamdani Starts Governing by Getting the Imagery Right

Early signs suggest that the Mamdani era in New York is off to an encouraging start—beginning with the mayor's continued mastery of political spectacle.

Jan 15, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan

Workers with SEIU Local 26 and UNITE HERE Local 17 marched and rallied at the Minneapolis–St. Paul airport alongside community members on December 3, 2026. They were for an end to deportation flights conducted by private companies such as Signature Aviation.

How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Chills Organizing and Erodes Conditions for All Workers How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Chills Organizing and Erodes Conditions for All Workers

When one group of workers is terrorized or disappeared, it threatens all workers’ ability to fight for their labor rights.

Jan 15, 2026 / Sarah Lazare

Demonstrators during a protest in Minneapolis on January 8, 2026. An ICE officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city

The Defiance Is Steadily Building, in Increasingly Unlikely Places The Defiance Is Steadily Building, in Increasingly Unlikely Places

It’s the protesters on the streets in Minneapolis fighting ICE, DOJ lawyers who’ve resigned over the investigation into Renee and Becca Good—and many more opposing Trump’s abuses....

Jan 14, 2026 / Joan Walsh

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