Politics

Portland Street Response crisis worker Angela Sands and EMT Kaya Ascott respond to a 911 call in Portland, Oregon.

This Organization Proved There Was an Alternative to the Police. Now It’s Being Defunded. This Organization Proved There Was an Alternative to the Police. Now It’s Being Defunded.

In Eugene, Oregon, CAHOOTS, a decades-old crisis-response program, may disappear, but the programs it inspired have spread across the United States, including to nearby Portland.

Jun 24, 2025 / Kaia Sand

Pride Everywhere!

Pride Everywhere! Pride Everywhere!

Barcelona, Spain, 2025.

Jun 24, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Bryan Scalia of Enfield, foreground, shouts out while on the picket line with other members of machinist local 1746 picket on day two of the machinist union strike on Tuesday, May 5, 2025, in front of Pratt &Whitney plant on Main Street in East Hartford.

The Math That Gave Us Trump The Math That Gave Us Trump

The party that built the New Deal now manages the raw deal. But there’s hope.

Jun 24, 2025 / Corbin Trent

Left: Ford to City: Drop Dead reads front page of the New York “Daily News” for October 30, 1975. Right: Felix Rohatyn seated in front of a microphone.

The Death and Rebirth of New York City The Death and Rebirth of New York City

A new documentary about the 1975 fiscal crisis, Drop Dead City, is entertaining to watch but dangerously misleading as history—or politics.

Jun 24, 2025 / Doug Henwood

Afghan female students arrive for their lessons at a madrassa, or an Islamic school, on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif on April 8, 2025.

With Trump’s New Travel Ban, 2 Afghan Sisters Wait in Limbo With Trump’s New Travel Ban, 2 Afghan Sisters Wait in Limbo

Split by the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s education in Afghanistan, the sisters hoped to reunite in the US. But new travel limits could jeopardize their plans.

Jun 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Cecile McWilliams

Zohran Mamdani attends a campaign rally, calling for the full enforcement of the city's Sanctuary City laws, June 21, 2025, in Diversity Square in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York City.

Zohran Mamdani Just Showed How to Stand Up to Trump Zohran Mamdani Just Showed How to Stand Up to Trump

Mamdani and Brad Lander prove they know how to say “no” to a lawless president and his war—while rival Andrew Cuomo stumbles.

Jun 23, 2025 / John Nichols

A young Iranian girl holds a country flag during a protest to condemn the U.S. attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 22, 2025

The War the World Has Feared for Decades Is Here The War the World Has Feared for Decades Is Here

The US and Israel have launched a war of aggression against Iran, based on lies. We are all now in deep, uncharted waters.

Jun 23, 2025 / Séamus Malekafzali

Anti-war protesters rally in Los Angeles on June 22 after the Trump administration bombed Iran with the largest B-2 bomber strike in US history.

“No Kings” Has to Become “No More Wars” “No Kings” Has to Become “No More Wars”

Donald Trump killed the anti-war right—but offers a chance to revive the anti-war left.

Jun 23, 2025 / Jeet Heer

June 14 March

June 14 March June 14 March

Sketches NYC.

Jun 23, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

A demonstrator holds up a sign during a protest in front of the main entrance of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 19, 2025.

Why the LA Dodgers Stood Up to ICE Why the LA Dodgers Stood Up to ICE

The ownership turned ICE away at the stadium and pledged $1 million to families of immigrants because of all the people protesting Trump’s immigration actions in LA.

Jun 21, 2025 / Dave Zirin

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