July 2025 Volume 49, Issue 06

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
Dispatch
Rising From the Ashes—Again
Lebanon’s Souq al-Khamis is more than a market—it’s a living archive. After more Israeli bombardment, another round of rebuilding begins.
Ali Awadah
Comics
Schumer Tries (And Fails) to Win the American Public’s Heart... And Other Comics
New comics by Brian McFadden, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Mattie Lubchansky.
Brian McFadden, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Mattie Lubchansky
Dispatch
Utah Labor Coalition Puts Bargaining Ban on Hold with Historic Referendum
The group collected over 300,000 signatures opposing Utah’s ban on public sector collective bargaining, giving voters the chance to reject it.
Caroleine James
Departments
Liberation Theology Combines Religion with Radical Politics
The movement, which originated among Catholics in Latin America, approaches Church teachings through a Marxist framework.
J. Patrick Patterson
ViewpointPolitics
America for Sale! Everything Must Go!
Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" trades tax cuts on millionaires for the dissolution of society
Hamilton Nolan
Dozen people with signs behind "No Detention Centers in Michigan" banner with fist
Labor
A Massive ICE Prison Just Reopened in Michigan
The GEO Group-run detention center has sparked civil rights concerns in a historically Black community just a few miles away.
Jacob Wheeler

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