Politics

Tiffany Cabán at an NYC climate protest

How to Win a Green New Deal in Your State How to Win a Green New Deal in Your State

New York passed a publicly funded renewable energy program. This is how DSA did it—and how you can too.

May 11, 2023 / Ashley Dawson

A black-and-white photo with a mushroom-shaped explosion.

The Best Years of My Country Are Behind Me The Best Years of My Country Are Behind Me

Thirty years ago, I caught a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of my eye of a better future, a better America, a better world. It was not to be.

May 11, 2023 / William Astore

A memorial to Shireen Abu Akleh in the room that used to be her office at the Al Jazeera news channel in the West Bank city of Ramallah

My Cousin Shireen Abu Akleh Was Killed a Year Ago. No Justice Has Been Served. My Cousin Shireen Abu Akleh Was Killed a Year Ago. No Justice Has Been Served.

Despite relentless pressure from my family, the Biden administration has done nothing to hold Israel accountable for Shireen’s killing.

May 11, 2023 / Jennifer Zacharia

Trump supporters rally to welcome him at Manchester airport in Manchester, N.H., on May 10, ahead of his CNN town hall.

CNN Showcases Trump. He Brutalizes One of Its Stars—and the Truth. CNN Showcases Trump. He Brutalizes One of Its Stars—and the Truth.

Despite her best efforts, moderator Kaitlan Collins could not “fact-check a lie machine,” in one CNN star’s words. It was a predictable shit show.

May 10, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Protester with sign

Is This the Most Dangerous Right-Wing Think Tank You’ve Never Heard Of? Is This the Most Dangerous Right-Wing Think Tank You’ve Never Heard Of?

Meet the Foundation for Government Accountability.

May 10, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Voters cast ballots on election day in Atlanta, Ga., on November 8, 2022.

A New Southern Strategy to Repair Our Democracy A New Southern Strategy to Repair Our Democracy

In spite of everything stacked against it, a new generation of progressive Southern voters is rising.

May 10, 2023 / Tory Gavito

Helen Gym

Helen Gym Has a Plan to Make Philadelphia Safe Helen Gym Has a Plan to Make Philadelphia Safe

If elected, Gym would join other progressive mayors in Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles in reimagining public safety in US cities.

May 10, 2023 / Nikhil Goyal

Crosses with hearts on them and names and messages written on them in a row, memorializing the victims of the mass shooting in Allen, Texas.

White Supremacists Don’t Have to Be White White Supremacists Don’t Have to Be White

That the alleged Allen, Tex., shooter is a white supremacist named “Garcia” confused a lot of right-wingers. It shouldn’t have.

May 9, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Pay the Fine

Pay the Fine Pay the Fine

Hit and run.

May 9, 2023 / OppArt / Lalo Alcaraz

Then-FCC chair Newton Minow appearing before a Senate subcommittee in 1961

Newton Minow Sought to Lead Us Out of the Vast Wasteland Newton Minow Sought to Lead Us Out of the Vast Wasteland

The Kennedy-era FCC chair who inspired reformers to demand media that served the public interest has died at age 97.

May 9, 2023 / John Nichols

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