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Brooklyn’s Political Machine Gets Another Cog
It’s not exactly shocking when a reformer becomes a political insider, but the details still matter. Once a determined…
Labor Conflict: With ‘Birth Strike’ Jenny Brown Tackles the Population Decline
It took more than a decade of litigation by feminist plaintiffs for Plan B, known as the “morning-after pill,”…
No Safe Harbor for Rockaway Pipeline, Opponents Say
Fractivists want fossil fuels left in the ground, not beneath the waves.
Warren Pieces: Does the Presidential Candidate’s Plan to Break Up Big Tech Go Far Enough?
If you think you don’t use Apple, Google, Facebook, or Amazon, either you’re not on the internet or you’re…
Bernie Sanders Abroad: Is a Peace Presidency Possible?
For many decades, progressives have looked in vain for candidates who’d be taken seriously on the national stage, while…
Industry City: A Green New Deal Vs. Gentrification in Sunset Park
On a clear day, looking out over the sloshing blue-gray swell of Gowanus Bay from Sunset Park’s waterfront, you…
When Women Take on Mass Incarceration
If you feel fed-up with criminal justice reform efforts touted by the Koch brothers that leave our prison industrial…
After the Christchurch Massacre: Reexamining the Roots of Terror
Under the exploding Twin Towers, you see her face. In early March Republicans displayed a poster in the West…
Expanding Social Security Before We All Turn Gray
Now you see it, now you don’t. One of the most startling developments of the 2016 presidential race was…
Lessons from ‘The Brink’ With Steve Bannon
Over the course of Alison Klayman’s new biopic The Brink, Steve Bannon utters a number of chilling lines, but…