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Tori Furtado, from Boston, kneels down to write a sign that reads, “Love has no borders,” in front of the Chinatown Gate, where hundreds gathered for a rally before marching to the State House in a demonstration against President Trump’s new immigration order the day after it was issued, January 28, 2017.

Choosing Love Is How We Win Choosing Love Is How We Win

Now is the time to ask your community what they need—to connect and build power wherever you can.

Jan 31, 2025 / Adrianne Wright

President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address from the Oval Office on January 15.

Joe Biden’s Indictment Joe Biden’s Indictment

The former president’s unexpectedly powerful farewell address rightly condemned the very oligarchy he empowered.

Jan 27, 2025 / Jeet Heer

US President Donald Trump points to journalist Jim Acosta from CNN during a postelection press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2018.

CNN Surrenders to Trump CNN Surrenders to Trump

The corporate media’s commitment to fighting autocracy proves fickle.

Jan 24, 2025 / Column / Jeet Heer

Demonstrators march on the 60th anniversary of the March On Washington and Martin Luther King Jr's historic

Keep Going: Our Mission Has Not Changed Keep Going: Our Mission Has Not Changed

We owe it to our forebears, our families, our communities, and future generations to keep fighting for just causes, writes Nina Turner. We, too, shall overcome.

Jan 24, 2025 / Nina Turner

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks at the People's March in Washington Square Park in New York City on January 18, 2025.

It’s Time to Stand Up Against Trump 2.0 It’s Time to Stand Up Against Trump 2.0

Most Americans voted for someone else in 2024, but as New York City’s public advocate said, “We’re going to have to stand together to get through this.”

Jan 24, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

Free Ismail Lghazaoui! Free Ismail Lghazaoui!

Morocco sentenced the Palestine solidarity activist to prison just for protesting. But the trail of his persecution runs from Israel across the Atlantic to New Jersey and Texas.

Jan 22, 2025 / Nasreen Abd Elal and Rayan El Amine

Santa Ana Families for Fair Elections launching a campaign to expand local noncitizen voting in September 2023.

The Case for Letting Noncitizens Vote The Case for Letting Noncitizens Vote

Measures to allow local noncitizen voting failed in the last election, but that hasn’t always been the case throughout American history.

Jan 22, 2025 / StudentNation / Fatimah Azeem

President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration, in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

Trump’s Supposed Unity Message Is a Gloating Threat of MAGA Triumphant Trump’s Supposed Unity Message Is a Gloating Threat of MAGA Triumphant

The new president uses shock and awe to claim a mandate over demoralized Democrats.

Jan 20, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Leadership and Resistance, Now More Than Ever Leadership and Resistance, Now More Than Ever

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Jan 20, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 25, 1965.

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Economic Populism Is More Relevant Than Ever In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Economic Populism Is More Relevant Than Ever

The political media calls Trump a “populist.” But as Dr. King made clear in a 1965 speech, American populism was a movement against everything Trump stands for.

Jan 20, 2025 / Malaika Jabali

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