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Culture

Reflections on the 10-year Anniversary of the Ferguson Protests

I don’t blame Michael Brown for having a smoking habit. Nor will I blame the boy for stealing a pack of smokes on August 9, 2014.

Sherell Barbee and Jacqui Germain

Viewpoint

The Devastatingly Simple Answer to Why Cori Bush Lost

Wealthy pro-Israel donors drove Rep. Cori Bush out of office because she thinks Palestinians’ lives matter.

Ben Burgis

ViewpointElection 2024

The GOP Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud

From NatCon to the RNC, Republicans are dropping the pretense of religious pluralism to go all in on Christian Nationalism.

Annika Brockschmidt

A woman protester shouts into a large megaphone in the foreground. A few older protesters stand behind her with signs reading "Gaza love," "Abandon Biden--ceasefire now" and have flower and peace sign imagery.

ViewpointElection 2024

The Left Are the Adults in the Room

Progressives have earned the party's ear at the Democratic National Convention—here's how to use it.

Osita Nwanevu

A masculine figure in a baseball cap stands with his back to the camera. His bright yellow shirt reads "Safe accessible truly affordable homes -- KC Tenants Union". Divers figures in yellow shirts stand int he background.

Housing

A National Tenants Union Has Arrived

Local tenants unions are officially teaming up, to the terror of big landlords.

Rebecca Burns

LaborFeature

The Minnesota Model Is Transforming Organizing as We Know It

“We can win more together than we can on our own.”

Sarah Jaffe

LaborElection 2024

The Labor Movement Is Giddy About Tim Walz Becoming Harris’ VP Pick

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been a strong supporter of unions and workers’ rights. Labor leaders see his elevation as a signal that Democrats are serious about empowering the working class.

Mindy Isser

ViewpointElection 2024

Trump, Vance and the Right-Wing Counter-Revolutionaries

The Right’s perennial call for “order” doesn’t necessarily mean affirming the existing order.

Matt McManus

LaborInterview

Debt Is Wage Theft, Debt Steals Leisure Time, Debt Can Suppress Strikes: Debt Is a Labor Issue

A conversation with organizers across industries on how debt shapes the fight for worker power.

Jason Wozniak, Sara Nelson, Brittany Alston, Olivia Schwob, Jackson Potter and Teresa Romero