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Comics

SeverVance and Other Comics

New comics by Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Ruben Bolling.

Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Ruben Bolling

LaborFeatureClimate

The Flooded Future of Disaster Labor

Day laborers, a workforce threatened by Trump, are key to rebuilding after disasters.

Sarah Jaffe

Feature

Global Trade at Gunpoint

Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world

Sarah Lazare

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