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Zohran’s Political Revolution

Mamdani's win in the New York City Democratic primary shows that the old tricks of the political establishment are dying out—and something new is being born.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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What the Left Must Learn from Mamdani

Our role on the Left is to set aside our cynicism and push through the specter of electoral losses to help set the table for our political future.

Alex Han

Culture

After Narrowly Surviving the LA Wildfires, This Recovery Center Has Become a Trans Refuge

Raging wildfires and cuts from the Trump administration haven't stopped Serenity House from providing a haven for its LGBTQ patients.

Jireh Deng

LaborPolitics

Republicans Are Attacking the “Idle” Poor, But the Real Freeloaders Are the Rich

The GOP is defending its cruel budget bill with ancient tropes about the industrious rich and “undeserving” poor. It’s time to reverse the script.

Conor Lynch

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Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left

Looked at closely, Mamdani’s campaign shows the crucial role—and potential—of Black voters in America’s insurgent left political coalition.

Asha Ransby-Sporn

LaborClimate

The Growing Fight for Green Economic Populism

In Chicago and across the country, unions and progressive leaders are implementing policies to address the climate crisis while improving working people’s lives.

Ruthy Gourevitch and Batul Hassan

Palestine

How to Hide a Genocide

Naming Gaza's mounting famine a humanitarian crisis rather than a facet of genocide allows Western powers to continue their unshakable alliance with Israel and their rejection of all efforts to hold it accountable.

Alberto Toscano

LaborPodcast

Student Loan Payments to ICE Agents: Unpacking Trump’s “Big, Disastrous Bill”

Two activists arrested in the fight against Trump’s landmark legislation discuss the bill’s consequences, from student debt to immigration raids.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Is “Salting” the Future of Organized Labor?

Founding member of Starbucks Workers United, Jaz Brisack, shares the hard-won lessons they learned taking on a multinational corporation.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

An Injury to All

What unites the disparate parts of a diverse workers’ movement can be the understanding that “an injury to one” truly is an injury to all.

Alex Han

Departments

An Open Letter to the New Pope

As the first American pope takes the helm, we revisit an open letter published in 1978 by peace activist Blase A. Bonpane to Pope John Paul I.

Blase A. Bonpane

Culture

Meet the Artists Confronting Trump’s Culture Cuts

As federal support for the arts disappears, these creatives are turning identity and protest into their medium.

Xintian Tina Wang

Feature

"Be Brilliant in Your Area"

An interview with Cori Bush

Ari Bloomekatz

Labor

Truckers, Tired of Being Exposed to Hazardous Waste, Call on the Feds for Help

They say the oil and gas industry is ignoring HAZMAT procedures, endangering them and the communities they drive through.

Kim Kelly

Feature

Trump 2.0 and the Reverse Racism Presidency

In a topsy-turvy world where Afrikaners are “refugees” and civil rights are for white men, every accusation is a confession.

Alberto Toscano

Pentagon Budget Tops $1 Trillion. Now What?

How annual U.S. military spending broke the $1 trillion mark, and my legislative proposal that rescinds the Big Beautiful Bill’s $156 billion in Pentagon spending and sends people $600 checks with the savings.

Stephen Semler

Viewpoint

Here's How Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Will Make Life in America Worse

The budget bill passed by Republicans and signed by President Trump represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery.

Sarah Anderson and Lindsay Koshgarian

LaborFeatureRural America

The Battle for the Future of Farmwork

Trump’s immigration crackdown and a growing union effort are transforming Upstate New York into a battleground over who will grow our food and under what conditions.

Joseph Bullington