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Trump's Blind Trust

A new comic by Kirk Anderson

Kirk Anderson

LaborViewpoint

Unions Should Hop on the DSA Train

It’s high time for the labor movement to join forces with the democratic socialists winning elections by putting workers over capital.

Hamilton Nolan

Housing

Why Tenant Unions Are Spreading Across College Campuses

Faced with aging dorms, private equity landlords and few protections, student renters are banding together.

Lily Seltz

Cover Story

Bea Lumpkin and How an Antifascist Rests in Power

Bea Lumpkin, a daughter of Russian revolutionaries, passed away June 14 at 107 years old. A lifelong communist herself, she began making solidarity trips in support of striking workers when she was just 9 years old.

Stacy Davis Gates

Viewpoint

Co-Governance and the Next 250 Years of American Democracy

As we mark the United States’ 250th anniversary, experiments in co-governance point the way toward making our democracy actually work for working people.

Liz Sullivan-Yuknis and Anna Canning

Viewpoint

It's Time to Topple the AI Oligarchy

The fight to halt data center construction is gaining steam—and it’s part of a broader effort to make artificial intelligence work for the public that gave rise to the technology, rather than a billionaire elite.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

LaborFeature

Smoke, Heat, Storms: How Climate Change is Making Bad Working Conditions Even Worse

As wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes intensify, workers are increasingly fighting for basic protections on top of everything else.

Sarah Lazare

Housing

Older Adults Are Fighting for Housing Justice—and They Refuse to Be Pushed Aside

Elders are turning personal housing struggles into collective action, and challenging assumptions about who leads housing justice movements.

Sandra Larson

Labor

Affordability's Key Ingredient Is Union Power

Tripling union membership would raise wages, reduce inequality and strengthen communities. Policymakers should take note.

Heidi Shierholz

Francesca Hong on What Democratic Socialism Means to Her

Hong—a Wisconsin State Assembly Member running for governor—explains her vision of progressive governance, what brought her to join Democratic Socialists of America and why “working people should have a real say in the decisions that shape their lives.”

Rep. Shaun Scott

Viewpoint

Congress Has a Responsibility to Reverse the Water Crisis It Caused in Puerto Rico

Federal neglect—and restrictive aid conditions—have broken the infrastructure meant to sustain human life in the Caribbean U.S. colony.

Coenia Sanchez

ViewpointPolitics

Make No Mistake—The Left Is on a Winning Streak

Before the votes had even been counted, some were treating the results in Michigan as a defeat for the Left. This is hard to square with the fact that well beyond Abdul El-Sayed’s win, progressives and socialists won major races.

Branko Marcetic

Molly Crabapple's Next Major Project Is With In These Times

The celebrated artist and bestselling author of Here Where We Live Is Our Country will be the magazine's first Artist-at-Large in our 50-year history.

Ari Bloomekatz

Politics

After Abdul El-Sayed’s Win in Michigan, Progressives Are Preparing for the Next Round Against AIPAC

“I’m happy to burn your money for you, and then we can get on to the business of governing,” Abdul El-Sayed said in a message to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Jake Johnson

Comics

The People Running Airlines Are Flying Private Jets

Your suffering on Summer vacation means big profits for airlines.

Jen Sorensen

Labor

Dockworkers Unions in Six Countries Announce Day of Strikes and Protests Against War and Genocide

Unions representing workers at 40 ports in Europe and the Mediterranean are calling for an international day of action on October 30.

Sarah Lazare

Politics

Abdul El-Sayed Is In a Fight to Transform the Democratic Party

The Michigan Senate primary between El-Sayed and Haley Stevens is shaping up to be a proxy war in the struggle between the party’s progressive and centrist wings.

Danny Postel

Labor

A 4-Day Work Week Sounds Great. How Do We Get One?

Workers deserve far more time off the job. But getting to a shorter work week will require a labor movement that can wield power to extract such demands.

Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon