The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

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Pessimism Is a Luxury We Can't Afford

The fights ahead are daunting—but the world is ours to win.

Dayton Martindale

Viewpoint

Bring Chicago Home is Still on the Ballot Despite Real Estate Industry's Legal Challenge

Real estate interests want Bring Chicago Home off the ballot, but it remains as the city appeals the legal challenge and organizers continue to campaign for its passage.

Asha Ransby-Sporn

ViewpointPalestine

Complicity in Genocide—The Case Against the Biden Administration

Israel’s mass bombardment of civilians in Gaza is being facilitated, aided and abetted by the United States government.

Azadeh Shahshahani and Sofía Verónica Montez

LaborInterviewPodcast

Can Worker Co-ops Bring an End to Crappy Jobs?

“Co-ops create greater wealth in their communities. People keep that money in their communities.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Palestine

The ADL Wants to Conflate Critiques of Israel with Antisemitism. That Won’t Make Jews Safer.

As conservative pundits mainstream antisemitic tropes, the ADL is instead focused on silencing expressions of Palestinian solidarity.

Samuel Hoadley-Brill

Feature

El sistema de bienestar infantil pone a los niños en riesgo. ¿Es hora de abolirlo?

Durante décadas, los reformadores han intentado arreglar nuestro fallido sistema de servicios de protección infantil. ¿Abolirlo es una idea cuyo momento ha llegado?

Roxanna Asgarian

Labor

Starbucks Just Saw the Largest Single-Day Union Drive in the Company's History

Workers at 21 Starbucks stores across 14 states filed for union elections Tuesday—a landmark in the unionization campaign.

Brett Wilkins

Labor

Immigrants Aren’t “Taking Our Jobs”

Right-wing forces are claiming immigrants are hurting U.S.-born workers. They're wrong—here are six facts to set the record straight.

Daniel Costa and Heidi Shierholz

PalestineDepartments

“Terrorist” Rhetoric Makes Us All Less Safe

“Terrorism” is a term that lumps everyday Palestinians and Nelson Mandela in with ISIS and white supremacists. Is it time to retire it?

Dayton Martindale

PalestineComics

How Can We Get Alan Dershowitz to Shut up Forever?

New comics about Alan Dershowitz, the NYPD, COP28 and a fantastic play on The Wasteland.

Feature

Public Ownership of Housing Could Be Closer Than You Think

Forget private developers—cities and states could just build their own housing to solve the crisis. In New York, now there’s a bill to do it.

Mindy Isser

Palestine

The War on Education—in Gaza and at Home

The Right is using Palestine to further its assault on higher ed and recruit centrists to its cause.

Alberto Toscano

Brandon Johnson Drops ShotSpotter

By fulfilling a campaign promise to end the contract with ShotSpotter, Johnson makes Chicago the largest city to cut ties with the controversial gunshot-detection company. The program could be finished as early as the end of this week.

Siri Chilukuri

LaborViewpoint

Forget Elections. Build Your Union.

Political power comes from labor power. Not vice versa.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborViewpoint

The War on Gaza Is a Labor Issue

Workers in the U.S. can't look away from Israel's assault on Gaza—our labor is helping fuel the war machine.

Paul Stauffer

Rural America

How To Privatize a Mountain

As a wave of wealth sweeps Montana, landowners are blocking the public from public lands.

Joseph Bullington

LaborViewpoint

Donald Trump Wants to Poison the Soul of the Labor Movement

Trump is trying to court union members by saying he's a "friend" to labor—but he's actually a billionaire scab out to strip workers of their rights.

Jeff Schuhrke

ViewpointPalestineEn Español

“Ya Termine De Votar Por El Menor De Los Males. No Votaré Por Joe Biden en 2024.”

A menos de que Biden cambie drásticamente su rumbo sobre Palestina, los votantes musulmanes—votantes críticos en estados clave—no votaran por él, y los demócratas no podrán culpar a nadie más que a sí mismos.

Saqib Bhatti