Politics

Rising Tides

Rising Tides Rising Tides

Ignoring climate change leaves us at sea.

Apr 9, 2021 / OppArt / Mirko Ilic

MLB All-Star Game Protest

The Last Time People Tried to Get Baseball to Move the All-Star Game The Last Time People Tried to Get Baseball to Move the All-Star Game

A decade ago, a similar call to move the All-Star Game failed. What has changed?

Apr 9, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Immigration rally

New Immigration Policy Is Opening Doors for Mixed-Status Families New Immigration Policy Is Opening Doors for Mixed-Status Families

The harshest excesses of the Trump era are being unraveled across the country.

Apr 9, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Virginia State Capitol

Are Virginia Democrats Running Progressive Challengers Out of the 2021 Primary? Are Virginia Democrats Running Progressive Challengers Out of the 2021 Primary?

Three Black candidates primarying centrist incumbents just got blocked from the ballot for paperwork problems that candidates usually get to fix. What’s going on?

Apr 8, 2021 / Joan Walsh

George Floyd poster

How the Supreme Court Gave Cops a License to Kill How the Supreme Court Gave Cops a License to Kill

Derek Chauvin’s defense team is hoping that the 1989 Graham v. Connor ruling will be his ticket to acquittal.

Apr 8, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Tribute to George Floyd

Tribute to George Floyd Tribute to George Floyd

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin is charged with second and third degree murder, and manslaughter, after he press...

Apr 8, 2021 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C.

Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C. Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C.

The New Orleans legislator is for Medicare For All, a Green New Deal, and living wages. And she knows how to call out white supremacists.

Apr 8, 2021 / John Nichols

Barry Fleming

The Lawyer Behind Georgia’s New Anti-Voting Law The Lawyer Behind Georgia’s New Anti-Voting Law

Representative Barry Fleming, chairman of the Georgia legislature’s Special Committee on Election Integrity, has a history of restricting voting across the state.

Apr 8, 2021 / Timothy Pratt

Jayapal taxes

Progressive Democrats Face Resistance on Infrastructure Progressive Democrats Face Resistance on Infrastructure

The party is split between a stubborn establishment and what some activists see as its overly conciliatory left flank.

Apr 7, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Justin Fairfax, Democrat of Virginia

Yes, Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Justin Fairfax Just Compared Himself to Emmett Till  Yes, Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Justin Fairfax Just Compared Himself to Emmett Till 

He blamed front-runner Terry McAuliffe for treating him like Till and George Floyd when he faced women’s claims of sexual assault in 2019.

Apr 7, 2021 / Joan Walsh

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