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Conservatives’ Long War on Free Thought

Trump’s escalating attacks on higher education represent a centuries-long drive to kill the Socratic spirit.

Matt McManus

Culture

New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released

With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.

Caroleine James

Viewpoint

Don’t Single Out Military Deportations, Dismantle the Deportation Machine

Military veterans and their families should not be deported. But neither should other immigrants. Let’s reject a politics of “deservingness” and protect everyone.

Sofya Aptekar

Palestine

On Grief and Surviving Alone in Gaza

My 14-year-old niece Noor was the only survivor after an Israeli airstrike. I want the world to remember who we lost.

Yousef Aljamal

Dispatch

Teachers Try to Beat the Heat

As extreme heat rises in Orlando, Fla., teachers turn to collective bargaining to ensure comfortable, air-conditioned classrooms.

McKenna Schueler

Labor

Dispatch from the Employer Offensive: Mauser Teamsters Strike Back

Teamsters across the nation are striking to support Chicago factory workers' fight for better wages, working conditions and immigration protections.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborCulture

A Beautiful Rendering of Working-Class Life, Warts and All

In his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong depicts the meeting of New England’s newer low-wage immigrant working class and its older industrial working class.

Steve Early

ViewpointCover StoryPolitics

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

ViewpointCover Story

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

ViewpointCover Story

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