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France’s Pension Battle Heats Up France’s Pension Battle Heats Up

France’s largest union confederation has finally thrown its support to the latest round of strikes. Union president Laurent Berger explains why.

Dec 17, 2019 / Cole Stangler

The Radical Life and Times of Crystal Eastman

The Radical Life and Times of Crystal Eastman The Radical Life and Times of Crystal Eastman

A new biography reveals how the feminist, pacifist, labor activist, and socialist fused the best strains of American leftism into one.  

Dec 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

ICE Is Everywhere, So Is Never Again Action

ICE Is Everywhere, So Is Never Again Action ICE Is Everywhere, So Is Never Again Action

In coordinated actions this week, activists have rallied, marched, and engaged in civil disobedience as part of protests that spotlight ICE abuses.

Dec 13, 2019 / John Nichols

Why Chileans Are Protesting for a New Socioeconomic Order

Why Chileans Are Protesting for a New Socioeconomic Order Why Chileans Are Protesting for a New Socioeconomic Order

In an interview, the country’s leading journalist, Mónica González, says, “This hurricane is not ending anytime soon.”

Dec 10, 2019 / Q&A / Peter Kornbluh

Why Abortion Doulas Matter, Even When We’re Just Showing Up

Why Abortion Doulas Matter, Even When We’re Just Showing Up Why Abortion Doulas Matter, Even When We’re Just Showing Up

Doulas not only support people having abortions but also demystify abortion in the wider world.

Dec 9, 2019 / New Politics of Abortion / Alice Markham-Cantor

Chan Yim Lan Hong Kong

In a Vacuum of Trust, Conspiracies Take Root in Hong Kong In a Vacuum of Trust, Conspiracies Take Root in Hong Kong

Residents have lost faith in their government, and the consequences could reshape the city.

Dec 9, 2019 / Benjamin Haas

Football

High School Football Players Took a Knee Before a Game, and Opposing ‘Fans’ Threw Trash at Them High School Football Players Took a Knee Before a Game, and Opposing ‘Fans’ Threw Trash at Them

“Look at these [n-words] taking a knee and they don’t even know why they’re doing it,” said one person in the crowd.

Dec 3, 2019 / Dave Zirin

How I Won a Florida Swing Seat as a Proud Abortion-Rights Supporter

How I Won a Florida Swing Seat as a Proud Abortion-Rights Supporter How I Won a Florida Swing Seat as a Proud Abortion-Rights Supporter

Consultants advised me not to talk about my work for Planned Parenthood. But I didn’t want to win an election if I could not be myself, and supporting reproductive freedom is found...

Dec 3, 2019 / New Politics of Abortion / Anna Eskamani

The Grassroots Abortion-Access Movement: An Interactive Map

The Grassroots Abortion-Access Movement: An Interactive Map The Grassroots Abortion-Access Movement: An Interactive Map

There’s a nationwide movement of abortion clinics, abortion funds, doula networks, and organizing efforts fighting to close the gap between the right to an abortion, and access to ...

Dec 3, 2019 / New Politics of Abortion / The Nation

‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’

‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’ ‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’

Batool was just a teenager when the Syrian civil war broke out. After living through the worst of the fighting and years in exile, she’s making a new life in Berkeley.

Dec 2, 2019 / Migrant Voices / John Washington

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