How One Progressive City Is Fighting to Decriminalize Abortion How One Progressive City Is Fighting to Decriminalize Abortion
As part of a growing movement, municipalities like Austin are finding ways to protect their most vulnerable citizens in a post-Roe world.
Aug 15, 2022 / Mary Tuma
Send Lawyers, Guns and Money! Send Lawyers, Guns and Money!
The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre steals himself.
Aug 15, 2022 / OppArt / Robbie Conal
Why Are Fossil Fuel Companies Funding Climate Change Research? Why Are Fossil Fuel Companies Funding Climate Change Research?
As oil and gas companies report record profits, the Fossil Free Research campaign calls on universities to refuse their donations and maintain independence.
Aug 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
The Twilight Years of American Hegemony The Twilight Years of American Hegemony
What could better fit an America in decline than a president in decline, the more radically so the better?
Aug 15, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt
Wisconsin Primary Results Are Full of Good News for Mandela Barnes Wisconsin Primary Results Are Full of Good News for Mandela Barnes
Ron Johnson’s Democratic challenger shows strength where the incumbent US senator shows vulnerability.
Aug 12, 2022 / John Nichols
AIPAC vs. Democracy AIPAC vs. Democracy
AIPAC has endorsed 109 January 6 insurrectionists. The organization clearly doesn’t care if candidates don’t care about fair elections.
Aug 12, 2022 / Ruth Messinger and Mik Moore
California Needs to Think Outside the Box on Homelessness California Needs to Think Outside the Box on Homelessness
Restricting encampments doesn’t get at the root of the problem.
Aug 12, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
Ilhan Omar Survives a Nail-Biter. Why Was the Vote So Close? Ilhan Omar Survives a Nail-Biter. Why Was the Vote So Close?
It was supposed to be a blowout, but Don Samuels lost the Democratic primary by just 2 percentage points.
Aug 11, 2022 / Maya Rao
Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus? Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus?
And three more questions about the biggest climate legislation in US history.
Aug 11, 2022 / Mark Hertsgaard
What’s Missing From Voting Data? Race. What’s Missing From Voting Data? Race.
Despite a mountain of evidence affirming the centrality of race in US politics, it is essentially ignored in almost all electoral analysis.
Aug 11, 2022 / Steve Phillips