Politics

Exxon

It’s Time to Repeal Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Say Progressives It’s Time to Repeal Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Say Progressives

Oil and gas executives are being called on to publicly answer for their industry’s decades-long misinformation campaign and destruction of the planet.

Jul 9, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Climate Finance Day rally

Why Shouldn’t the People Own the Banks? Why Shouldn’t the People Own the Banks?

A municipally chartered public bank would not be beholden to the often predatory commercial banking sector.

Jul 9, 2021 / Michelle Chen

Suffocating in Plastic

Suffocating in Plastic Suffocating in Plastic

Devoured by pollution

Jul 9, 2021 / OppArt / Glen Gerrard

Merrick Garland testimony

It’s Not Too Late to Prosecute Trump-Era Crimes It’s Not Too Late to Prosecute Trump-Era Crimes

The Biden administration, like its predecessors, has been reluctant to grapple with questions of executive accountability.

Jul 9, 2021 / Karen J. Greenberg

California's Drought Goes From Bad To Worse

Drought Takes Hold of California Drought Takes Hold of California

As the recall election nears, rising heat and access to water may become defining political issues for the state.

Jul 9, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Campaign poster for Kristin Richardson Jordan

Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council

A radical poet and educator’s come-from-behind victory over a machine politician complicates the narrative that New York Black moderates rejected a left agenda.

Jul 8, 2021 / Joan Walsh

May in Stitches

May in Stitches May in Stitches

Recording recent history.

Jul 8, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Oriol Junqueras

Can Catalan Pardons Pave a Way Out of Spain’s Territorial Crisis? Can Catalan Pardons Pave a Way Out of Spain’s Territorial Crisis?

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez released nine Catalan independence leaders from prison. Is it a step toward a solution?

Jul 8, 2021 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Eric Adams

Eric Adams Won as a Centrist, but Bold Progressives Took the Other 2 Citywide Contests Eric Adams Won as a Centrist, but Bold Progressives Took the Other 2 Citywide Contests

Important victories for progressives Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander, along with key council candidates, are a reminder that New York voters can produce multiple mandates.

Jul 7, 2021 / John Nichols

Black Girls Matter

Black Girls Matter Black Girls Matter

Living while black.

Jul 7, 2021 / OppArt / Isis Davis-Marks

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