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Labor
Investigation
After Decades of Quiet Rumbling, an Epidemic Is Erupting Among California Stoneworkers
The engineered stone industry is worth nearly $30 billion. But the workers at its core are falling sick and dying from an illness called silicosis. Now these workers—most of whom are young immigrants—are suing manufacturers.
Kayla Yup
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Feature
Climate
Rural America
Fortress Yellowstone
The ultra-rich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact ecosystems—with money plundered from ecological sacrifice zones around the world
Joseph Bullington
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Politics
Mayor Mamdani and New Yorkers Want to Tax the Rich. Where Is City Council Speaker Julie Menin?
Leaders in city and state government support raising taxes on the wealthy, but Gov. Hochul and Speaker Menin are refusing to get on board. Now, grassroots groups are increasing the pressure.
Luca GoldMansour
4
Feature
"If I Must Die," A Poem by Refaat Alareer
A poem written before the author's death in an airstrike by the Israeli military.
Refaat Alareer
5
Dispatch
Rural America
Rural Kentucky Tenants Win Unprecedented Lease Agreement After Yearlong Campaign
How tenants in four federally-backed buildings in the South overcame intense retaliation and won a new contract from their out-of-state landlord.
Thomas Birmingham
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Viewpoint
Politics
Built to Dominate
Palantir is designing the infrastructure of repression—and telling us why.
Alberto Toscano
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Viewpoint
Cover Story
The Rupture at Hand
Facing down a billionaire-backed authoritarian blitz, the Left isn't waiting for Democratic elites to join step with the party's base.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
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Viewpoint
The U.S.-Iran War Is Illegal. Here’s Why That Matters.
If this war continues without accountability, it threatens even more dire consequences in years ahead.
Phyllis Bennis
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Viewpoint
We Need To Tax the Corporations Cashing In On the Iran War
Across the political spectrum, Americans support taxing windfall profits—and billionaires—to help working people weather the affordability crisis.
Meghan Schneider and Cass DiPaola
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Labor
Podcast
Community Persists for USPS Letter Carriers While Conditions Worsen
USPS mail carriers strive to hold onto community relationships as a contract battle looms for the struggling service.
Maximillian Alvarez
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Departments
The Big Idea: Guerrilla Theater
Alongside protests against raids and deportations, small actions of absurdist disruption can also prove to expose the raw violence of those in power.
J. Patrick Patterson
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