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FeatureCover StoryPolitics

“I Am Not Afraid”

The Trump administration is attacking protesters from all angles. Activists refuse to back down.

Adam Federman

LaborViewpoint

Trump’s Budget Bill Will Massively Expand the Racial Wealth Gap

The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is set to be a disaster for Black workers.

LaToya Parker and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad

Rural America

Trump’s Cuts to AmeriCorps Are Stripping Resources from Rural Communities

DOGE has slashed over 1,000 AmeriCorps grants, many of which funded education and social services in rural areas.

Ilana Newman

LaborInterview

What's Really Artificial About AI is AI Itself

"The phrase artificial intelligence is a marketing term that is used to sprinkle some magic fairy dust that brings the venture capital dollars."

Sarah Jaffe

InterviewPolitics

The Christian Right’s 250-Year Fight Against America

Many religious groups have wanted to destroy liberal democracy, explains author Jerome Copulsky. But before Trump, none had taken power.

Kathryn Joyce

LaborFeature

Donald Trump's Disastrous Scott Walker Moment

Trump and Elon Musk are making drastic cuts to the federal workforce. Unions are fighting back.

Sarah Jaffe

Housing

Dos Sindicatos de Inquilinos, Una Huelga de Renta

Cómo los inquilinos de dos vecindarios de Chicago se encontraron—y pelearon juntos—cuando el mismo inversionista intentó desplazarlos.

Rebecca Burns

Housing

La Iniciativa de Chicago para Leyes de Desalojos por “Causa Justa”

Un nuevo decreto evitaría que los propietarios de inmuebles desalojen a los inquilinos a la fuerza.

Rebecca Burns

Labor

After Trump Takeover, Kennedy Center Workers Vote to Unionize

The nation's premier cultural stage joins a chorus of voices in the arts demanding just labor conditions as a pillar of free expression.

Michelle Chen