We Don’t Have a Child Care Fraud Problem—We Have a Care Economy Problem
The United States is asking the wrong question about child care. In recent months, headlines and political rhetoric have focused…
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DSA Candidates Face Onslaught of Pro-Israel Spending in Final Weeks of NY’s Democratic Primaries
Past supporters of Solidarity PAC—a New York version of AIPAC—are making large individual contributions in Assembly races where pro-Israel incumbents are facing strong challenges from the left.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani may have the momentum to finally push forward a “Trash Revolution” that stalled under past administrations.
Following Mamdani’s recent push to clean the city, let’s look back to the garbage movement of the 1960s
Immigrant organizer Ravi Ragbir wants allies to offer sanctuary not just in churches but at check-ins where people like him face deportation
A Diary of Protest for the Days to Come
Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt By Sarah Jaffe Nation Books, 2016 One might be tempted to read Sarah Jaffe’s…
Editor’s Note: Love and Struggle
We are facing the fight of our lives. It’s that simple. Not that you would know it from listening…
The Mourning After: Waking Up in Trump’s America
The blue morning painted my bedroom into a dark ocean. I was at the bottom of it. Sunken by…
How We Wound Up in This Mess: Democrats Ceased to Represent Ordinary People
A week before Hillary Clinton lost Pennsylvania, a major strike began in Philadelphia. Members of Transport Workers Union (TWU)…