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Project 2025 Is Dead. Long Live Project 2025.

Trump, Vance and the hateful horizons of “trad futurism.”

Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

ViewpointElection 2024

Kamala Harris’s Veep List is a Choice Between the Past and the Present for Education

VP contender Josh Shapiro has been a staunch supporter of school vouchers. Voters want good public schools—and a vice president willing to fight for them.

Akil Vicks

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875,000 Veterans, $382 Million in Medical Debt

When you’re 72 years old, disabled and a $108,094 notice lands in your mailbox—along with the number for a veterans suicide hotline.

Rory Fanning

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Unions Demanding an End to Israel Military Aid Is a Welcome Escalation

While the Biden administration uses rhetorical tricks and delay tactics, labor unions are pressuring the White House to end the war by embracing an increasingly popular demand: “not one more bomb.”

Adam Johnson

ViewpointElection 2024

J.D. Vance’s Appalachian Graveyard

The Republican VP nominee’s politics of blame were never meant to help the working class.

Elizabeth Catte

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Utah’s Development Plans Threaten My Navajo Homeland

Tribes came together to win federal protection for Bears Ears. Now, the state of Utah could undermine the monument.

Mark Maryboy

ViewpointPalestineElection 2024

An Untold History of Joe Biden's Support for Israel

Documents reviewed in Delaware and New York give insight into how, starting early in Biden's political career, his positions appear to have significantly changed as his relationships strengthened with a growing pro-Israel lobby.

Branko Marcetic

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The Congressional Black Caucus Should Boycott Netanyahu's Speech to Congress

Many Black members of Congress boycotted Netanyahu’s speech to Congress in 2015. They should do it again to protest the Israeli-led genocide in Gaza.

Khury Petersen-Smith

ViewpointPalestineElection 2024

Biden, Harris, Gaza and the Student Debt Smoke Screen

President Biden has made appearances to be aligned with left-wing activists on student debt cancelation while holding back on his power to deliver it. How will Vice President Harris now approach the issue?

Braxton Brewington and Yousef Aljamal

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The Future of Housing Organizing: Tenant Unions

The only answer to our housing crises is collective action. A growing movement of tenant unions promises a new front in the struggle for our homes.

Rose Lenehan and Tara Raghuveer

LaborViewpointElection 2024

Teamsters President Happily Walks Into Republican Trap

Teamsters President Sean O'Brien played into Republicans’ phony pro-worker rebrand that was on display at the Republican National Convention.

Alexandra Bradbury

LaborViewpointElection 2024

What the Left Needs From the Post-Biden Democrats

From demanding an end to the war on Gaza to a stronger labor movement, now is the time for the U.S. Left to make its voice heard.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborViewpointElection 2024

A Scab Running for President Calls for Firing UAW President Shawn Fain

“Don’t get played by this scab billionaire,” Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, said in response to Donald Trump. “Stand up and fight for more.”

Luis Feliz Leon

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There’s No Good Reason To Be Spending Nearly $1 Trillion On Our Military Budget

Congress is spending on the military like it’s World War III. Diverting that money to jobs, healthcare, and the climate would make us far safer.

Lindsay Koshgarian

ViewpointElection 2024

The Best Counter to Project 2025 Is a Progressive Project 2025

If President Biden—or any Democratic replacement—wants to get back in the race, they need a positive moral vision to run on, not just dire warnings.

Adam Johnson

LaborViewpoint

Republicans Just Handed Down a Death Sentence to the Nation's Coal Miners

As black lung continues to kill coal miners, House Republicans moved to block enforcement of a life-saving safety rule.

Kim Kelly

ViewpointElection 2024

Onward, Christian Soldiers—To War!

At this year’s National Conservatism Conference, a right-wing army prepares to rise.

Hamilton Nolan

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The World’s Richest Just Got Extraordinarily More Wealthy—Taxing Them Doesn’t Go Nearly Far Enough

Lessening inequality isn’t the only reason to tax the super rich. We also need to decrease their political power while spending on social programs that benefit the working class.

Max B. Sawicky

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Congress Is Leaving More than 1 Million Nonprofit Workers Out of Retirement Benefits

When investing in Americans’ future, Congress should not exclude nonprofit workers.

Chitra Ayar

LaborViewpoint

Keir Starmer Is Very Serious About the Status Quo

The UK's new Prime Minister, elected on July 4, won't touch the structures that helped him ascend to power—and that hold most working people in Britain down.

Sarah Jaffe

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"We Demand Justice": People's Tribunal Finds Marcos, Duterte and Biden Guilty of War Crimes

The Philippine government, with U.S. support, has engaged in violent, extralegal repression of activists, the tribunal found. The verdict is one step toward justice.

Wade Phillips, Chet Baughman and Azadeh Shahshahani

LaborViewpoint

On Losing “the Greatest Teacher of Nonviolence in America”

Rev. James Lawson was my teacher, mentor and friend. We must commit to honoring his legacy.

Kent Wong

LaborViewpoint

"We are New Orleans”: A Workers’ Bill of Rights Finds Common Ground

“When we came up with the Workers' Bill of Rights, it wasn't just for one group, it was for all."

Sarah Jaffe

ViewpointElection 2024

Biden Bombed, But CNN Debate Moderators Set a New Benchmark for Cynicism

While the debate was a nightmare for team Biden, the moderators gave Trump's lies free rein—and ensured that it wasn't much of a debate at all.

Adam Johnson