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Dispatch
Borders and the Exchange of Humans for Debt
Borders and debt are new instruments of violence in a system that has had many names.
Heba Gowayed

ViewpointPalestine
The Grave Cost of Funding Israel's War Machine
To end U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, cold, hard calculations about war spending versus domestic programs could have greater resonance in an election year.
Sonali Kolhatkar

Viewpoint
UK Riots Have Their Roots in a History of Hate
The racism in the streets was seeded by the racism of the state.
Alberto Toscano

LaborViewpointPalestine
Why Is the UAW’s Federal Monitor Involving Himself in the Union’s Stance on Gaza?
The monitor tasked with overseeing the union’s compliance with a federal consent decree is inappropriately challenging the union’s call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Andy Levin and Sanjukta Paul

Culture
Reflections on the 10-year Anniversary of the Ferguson Protests
I don’t blame Michael Brown for having a smoking habit. Nor will I blame the boy for stealing a pack of smokes on August 9, 2014.
Sherell Barbee and Jacqui Germain

Viewpoint
The Devastatingly Simple Answer to Why Cori Bush Lost
Wealthy pro-Israel donors drove Rep. Cori Bush out of office because she thinks Palestinians’ lives matter.
Ben Burgis

ViewpointElection 2024
The GOP Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
From NatCon to the RNC, Republicans are dropping the pretense of religious pluralism to go all in on Christian Nationalism.
Annika Brockschmidt

ViewpointElection 2024
The Left Are the Adults in the Room
Progressives have earned the party's ear at the Democratic National Convention—here's how to use it.
Osita Nwanevu

Housing
A National Tenants Union Has Arrived
Local tenants unions are officially teaming up, to the terror of big landlords.
Rebecca Burns

LaborFeature
The Minnesota Model Is Transforming Organizing as We Know It
“We can win more together than we can on our own.”
Sarah Jaffe

LaborElection 2024
The Labor Movement Is Giddy About Tim Walz Becoming Harris’ VP Pick
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been a strong supporter of unions and workers’ rights. Labor leaders see his elevation as a signal that Democrats are serious about empowering the working class.
Mindy Isser

ViewpointElection 2024
Trump, Vance and the Right-Wing Counter-Revolutionaries
The Right’s perennial call for “order” doesn’t necessarily mean affirming the existing order.
Matt McManus

LaborInterview
Debt Is Wage Theft, Debt Steals Leisure Time, Debt Can Suppress Strikes: Debt Is a Labor Issue
A conversation with organizers across industries on how debt shapes the fight for worker power.
Jason Wozniak, Sara Nelson, Brittany Alston, Olivia Schwob, Jackson Potter and Teresa Romero

ViewpointElection 2024
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Claims on Healthcare Aren’t Just Xenophobic—They’re False
Far from draining the nation’s healthcare coffers, immigrants are actually shoring them up. But that reality is inconvenient for Republicans.
Adam Gaffney

ViewpointElection 2024
Project 2025 Is Dead. Long Live Project 2025.
Trump, Vance and the hateful horizons of “trad futurism.”
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

ViewpointElection 2024
Kamala Harris’s Veep List is a Choice Between the Past and the Present for Education
VP contender Josh Shapiro has been a staunch supporter of school vouchers. Voters want good public schools—and a vice president willing to fight for them.
Akil Vicks

ViewpointFeature
875,000 Veterans, $382 Million in Medical Debt
When you’re 72 years old, disabled and a $108,094 notice lands in your mailbox—along with the number for a veterans suicide hotline.
Rory Fanning

Feature
Who Would Want to Grow Old Only to Grow Poor?
Seniors are increasingly in debt and facing financial crises at levels not seen since the Great Depression. The mass movement that fought for seniors 100 years ago under the banner of the Townsend Plan could be a model for solving the growing crisis now.
Eleni Schirmer
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