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Tony Benn (1925-2014) addresses a crowd in Parliament Square, London during a demonstration by the Stop the War Coalition against the foreign war policies of George W. Bush, during the U.S President's visit as part of his European farewell tour, 15th June 2008.

Tony Benn Taught Us That Every Generation Must Struggle for Radical Democracy Tony Benn Taught Us That Every Generation Must Struggle for Radical Democracy

The British parliamentarian, who would be 100 today, challenged militarism, colonialism, neoliberalism, and the complacency of centrists in the face of billionaire-class oligarchy...

Apr 3, 2025 / John Nichols

Two men in suits sitting down. One of them is holding several papers and addressing a microphone.

Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump

The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.

Apr 3, 2025 / Ellen Schrecker

Netanyahu’s War Netanyahu’s War

Bombing returns and the death toll rises.

Apr 1, 2025 / OppArt / Annabelle Heckler

Protesters demonstrate against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiatives during a nationwide “Tesla Takedown” rally outside a Tesla dealership on March 29, 2025, in Pasadena, California.

My Weekend of Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk “Defiance” My Weekend of Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk “Defiance”

I went to a #TeslaTakedown in New York and signed on to a Zoom “Resistance Lab” training. Here’s what I saw.

Mar 31, 2025 / Joan Walsh

A student walks past the Rotunda, under renovation, on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville.

Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again

The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.

Mar 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer

What Will You Do? What Will You Do?

What’s your “I am Spartacus” move to protect the more vulnerable, the targeted, the invisibled, the next-on-the-list?

Mar 28, 2025 / Kaveh Akbar

Official seal. Border says Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service. In the center a golden eagle perches on a pair of shaking hands against a blue background.

Donald Trump Is Shuttering a Little-Known Labor-Management Agency That Supports Collective Bargaining Donald Trump Is Shuttering a Little-Known Labor-Management Agency That Supports Collective Bargaining

The administration’s latest assault on independent agencies is also an attack on working people.

Mar 28, 2025 / Lynn Rhinehart

View through Montana ranch entrance to rangeland with a view of central Montana shows snow covered Crazy Mountains in the background. The Crazy Mountains rise to over 11,000 feet and are located north of Interstate-90 between Billings and Bozeman Montana; they can be seen for many miles along this stretch of Interstate.

Welcome to Bozangeles! Welcome to Bozangeles!

The greater Bozeman, Montana, region has become ground zero for rampant luxury development that is taking the “public” out of public lands.

Mar 27, 2025 / Erica Etelson

Hundreds of Cardinal O’Connor Conference attendees gather in Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall to hear from anti-abortion activists.

Inside Washington, DC’s “Pro-Life Super Bowl” Inside Washington, DC’s “Pro-Life Super Bowl”

Days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, hundreds of young anti-abortion activists gathered at Georgetown University for the annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference.

Mar 27, 2025 / StudentNation / Katherine Wilkison

Grant Miner speaks at a rally in support of detained Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil.

Columbia Expelled Me for My Palestine Activism, but I Won’t Be Silenced Columbia Expelled Me for My Palestine Activism, but I Won’t Be Silenced

And neither will anyone else targeted by the university. We are not afraid, we are undeterred, and we will continue to fight.

Mar 26, 2025 / Grant Miner

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