Latest

ViewpointPolitics

The Strange Bedfellows Fighting School Vouchers

In the roiling politics of so-called “school choice,” public school advocates have some unexpected allies on the Right.

Jennifer Berkshire

Palestine

As ICE Jails Palestinian Protester, Universities Must Commit to Academic Freedom

Universities may sow their own demise if they continue to aid the suppression of pro-Palestine campus movements.

Heba Gowayed and Jessica Halliday Hardie

Palestine

My Search For Refaat Alareer’s Body

"I never imagined that searching for a friend’s body would become part of my daily routine for more than two weeks."

Asem Alnabih

Dispatch

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Stands Up to House Republicans

Johnson stood firm under fire in defending Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance.

Tiffany Walden

Viewpoint

No, Elon Musk, Social Security Isn’t a “Ponzi Scheme”

Right-wing billionaires have long wanted to shred the safety net. Under Trump, they’re using lies and fears over the deficit to debilitate Social Security.

Max B. Sawicky

ViewpointPolitics

Gaping at the Cult of Trump

Trump's address to Congress was a reminder that the school bullies are now in charge.

Hamilton Nolan

Politics

“The Oligarchs Can Be Beaten”: Bernie Sanders Responds to Trump’s Speech

In his address to Congress, President Trump ignored the concerns of working people and boasted about his billionaire-run government. In a response, Bernie Sanders says while the fight for a progressive future may feel hopeless, “despair is not an option.”

Bernie Sanders

LaborPodcast

Resisting Exploitation in the Global Fishing Industry

From China to South Africa, workers are organizing to advance fishers’ rights.

Mel Buer

Podcast

Georgia Residents Left Behind After Toxic BioLab Fire

Residents of Conyers, GA affected by toxic chemical fire say the media and government have swept the incident under the rug.

Maximillian Alvarez

Feature

My Family Was Almost “Repatriated” to Mexico in the 1930s. I See It Happening Again.

The pressure to “self-deport,” driven by Trump’s threats and rising White nationalism, echoes a dark chapter of U.S. history.

Nyki Duda

Feature

The Myth of Pentagon Budget Cuts

As Trump and Musk slash social spending, military spending is set to soar.

Stephen Semler and Sarah Lazare

Rural America

“There’s Going To Be Firefighters that Die Because of This, There Will Be Communities that Burn”

Firefighters warn of dire consequences from Trump’s cuts to federal wildfire crews.

Alex Brown

LaborDispatchSpanishEn Español

“No abran la puerta”: Cómo Chicago está frustrando la campaña de miedo de ICE

Meses de trabajo para conocer sus derechos han hecho que el zar fronterizo de Trump se queje.

Sarah Lazare and Rebecca Burns

ViewpointPolitics

MAGA’s Latin American Models

Latin America offers more telling parallels for what to expect from U.S. authoritarianism—and better lessons on how to fight back.

Naomi Braine

PalestinePolitics

Sanders Moves to Block Weapons Sales to Israel

The Vermont Senator filed resolutions that would block $8.5 billion worth of offensive weapons from being used in the genocide of Palestinians.

Sharon Zhang

Viewpoint

Trump's Attack on Science Is an Attack on the Public

The Trump administration is defunding and censoring science to serve corrupt corporate interests.

Basav Sen

PalestineCulture

Poetry as a Unifying Weapon

There is no breath, no poem long enough to say the solidarity we, Black American people, feel ancestrally for our brothers and sisters in Palestine.

Julia Wright

LaborPodcast

Democracy dies, first, in the workplace

A conversation on how the decline of unions and the rise of inequality reveals the urgent need for a revitalized labor movement.

Maximillian Alvarez, Hamilton Nolan and Sara Nelson