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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Election Shows the Danger of Partisan Gerrymandering
Georgia and other Southern states will see more extreme gerrymandering unless democratic reforms are adopted.
COVID Aid Has Been Too Small to Pull Millions of Families Out of Severe Hardship
There is an undeniable need for further government aid just to ensure that tens of millions of families can get by.
Biden’s Agriculture Nominee Could Bring US Back Into Trans-Pacific Partnership
Tom Vilsack is expected to pursue the interests of agribusiness like he did as secretary of agriculture under Obama.
White Supremacy Set the Stage for Texas’ Miserable Disaster Response
The problems illuminated now in Texas are interconnected with the decline of the white majority and the liberal order.
Ocasio-Cortez Backs Probe of Cuomo’s Mishandling of Nursing Home COVID Deaths
AOC is supporting calls for an investigation following revelations that the New York governor withheld coronavirus data.
After Rejoining Paris Climate Treaty, Will US Continue Obstructing Negotiations?
Social movements can push the U.S. to adopt a binding climate agreement and to prioritize the needs of the Global South.
Unprepared for COVID, Texas Women’s Prison Was Equally Unprepared for Uri
The recent winter storm left the nation's only federal medical prison for women without heat or hot water.
As Colleges Reopen, Higher Education Workers Are Organizing for Their Own Safety
Economic disparities and unsafe working conditions are motivating staff on campuses to build power through unions.
American Pop Culture Feeds the War on Peace
U.S. pop culture's honoring of soldiers above all others shapes and reinforces a deadly militarism.
Cities Are Razing Homeless Encampments Despite Record Cold Weather and COVID
Municipalities are flouting CDC advice and carrying out forcible evictions of the unhoused during a record-cold winter.