Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws? Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws?
Rolling back restrictions on child labor and dismantling public education will make the country far more unequal. For today’s GOP, that’s a feature, not a bug.
Mar 16, 2023 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire
“A Closed, Burnt Huwara”: How Israeli Settlers Launched A Pogrom “A Closed, Burnt Huwara”: How Israeli Settlers Launched A Pogrom
With Israeli politicians constantly fanning the rhetorical flames, last month's violence—and actual arson—didn’t exactly come as a surprise.
Mar 16, 2023 / Fatima AbdulKarim
To Build a Better World, We Have to First Imagine It To Build a Better World, We Have to First Imagine It
V (formerly Eve Esner), author of the Vagina Monologues, discusses bodily autonomy, dismantling the patriarchy, and the pursuit of a better world.
Mar 16, 2023 / Laura Flanders
Why Is Larry Summers So Obsessed With Tech Bros? Why Is Larry Summers So Obsessed With Tech Bros?
The former Treasury secretary’s business partnerships may have influenced his early calls to bail out Silicon Valley Bank.
Mar 15, 2023 / Max Moran
Protesting an Anti-Trans Trump Judge Isn’t Disrespectful, It’s American Protesting an Anti-Trans Trump Judge Isn’t Disrespectful, It’s American
Judge Kyle Duncan lashed out at students who protested his appearance at Stanford Law School, but shouting at political figures is our most protected speech right.
Mar 15, 2023 / Elie Mystal
“She Had a Heartbeat Too”: Waiting for One Dead Woman “She Had a Heartbeat Too”: Waiting for One Dead Woman
In Ireland, the death of Savita Halappanavar, who developed sepsis after being denied an abortion, catalyzed a revolution in the country’s abortion laws. Will the same happen here?
Mar 14, 2023 / Amy Littlefield
The GOP Has Become the Pro–Child Labor Party The GOP Has Become the Pro–Child Labor Party
How a new economy of exploitation is rolling back protections—for profit.
Mar 14, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Kanye West Helped to Embolden Anti-Semites on College Campuses How Kanye West Helped to Embolden Anti-Semites on College Campuses
The ADL recently tracked around 30 cases of anti-Semitic harassment, vandalism, and banner drops that directly reference Ye, many of which took place at high schools and universiti...
Mar 14, 2023 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
Bankers Lobbied for Deregulation, Congress Capitulated, and Now Banks Are Collapsing Bankers Lobbied for Deregulation, Congress Capitulated, and Now Banks Are Collapsing
The Silicon Valley Bank collapse doesn’t require a bailout. It requires stronger bank oversight and the repeal of the 2018 “economic growth” act.
Mar 14, 2023 / John Nichols