Politics & Government
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The Equity Docket: Fast-Tracking Exclusion
The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais and the subsequent redistricting by state legislatures demonstrates the expediency of modern disenfranchisement.
Jun 11, 2026
Jeffrey McCrary
The Crisis We Are Causing in Cuba
A recent visit confirmed the wrongness of U.S. policy.
May 29, 2026
Illustration by Christopher Cruz
The Problem with Preemption
Laws deny communities the ability to chart their own course.
May 18, 2026
Equal Justice Initiative
The Equity Docket: Black Americans’ Stolen Past
The ultimate voter suppression is a peoples’ systematic destruction, displacement, and erasure.
Apr 30, 2026
Governor Tom Wolf
It’s Time to Replace John Fetterman
The Pennsylvania Democrat has dashed the hopes of his one-time supporters.
Apr 3, 2026
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How Black Women Continue to Shape American Democracy
Shirley Chisholm paved the way. We’re carrying the torch forward.
Mar 18, 2026
Marco Ugarte/AP
The True Cost of Killing Mexican Drug Lord El Mencho
As the U.S. government pushes the kingpin strategy, residents of Guadalajara face ongoing violence and uncertainty.
Mar 9, 2026
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Will D.C.’s Mayoral Election be a Rerun of New York City’s?
Councilmember Janeese Lewis George is running a DSA-endorsed campaign focused on affordability. But the race is far from a replay of Mamdani-vs-Cuomo.
Mar 3, 2026
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Arrested for Political Dissent
An artist and former Dreamer moved a box of zines. Now he faces felony charges and possible deportation.
Feb 25, 2026
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Free Radical: Remembering Michael Parenti
He educated generations about capitalism’s contradictions, corporate media biases, radical history, imperialism, and militarism.
Feb 24, 2026
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Zohran Mamdani’s Vision for Urban Democracy Inspires Asian American New Yorkers
Asian American and youth organizing helped put Mamdani in office. Will he keep his campaign promises?
Feb 23, 2026
Tony Webster (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Private Equity is Coming for American Energy
In Northeast Minnesota, a BlackRock subsidiary’s shady acquisition of an electric utility points to a nationwide threat to energy consumers.
Jan 21, 2026
Molly Riley/The White House
The Real Reason Trump Invaded Venezuela
It’s not drugs, democracy, or even oil. It’s power.
Jan 6, 2026
Jessica Walker/U.S. Coast Guard
Who Are the Real Outlaws at Sea?
Donald Trump’s tanker grab is different from the Houthis’ anti-genocide blockade.
Jan 2, 2026
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Homeowner Advocates Fight Back Against HOAs
Homeowners associations are undemocratic and unaccountable to the communities they govern. Grassroots groups are organizing to change this.
Dec 30, 2025
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The Equity Docket: The Architecture of Exclusion
The Education Department’s reclassification of ‘professional degrees’ is the latest installment in a long history of excluding Black people, women, and working-class people.
Dec 17, 2025
The White House
Go Ahead, Be a Socialist
Republicans’ scare tactics fail, as even the squatter likes NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Dec 10, 2025
Andrea Hanks/The White House
Trump’s War on ‘Narcoterrorism’ Is a Smokescreen
The Trump Administration’s recent bombings off the coast of Venezuela signal a return to Cold War-era military aggression.
Dec 4, 2025
Illustration by Christopher Cruz
In ‘Wicked,’ and in Life, Politics Is Messy Business
The Broadway film adaptation’s political allegory may not always be‘for good,’ but it does hit close to home.
Dec 4, 2025
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Making the World More Imperiled Again
Trump’s plan to revive nuclear weapons testing threatens to undermine decades of progress.
Nov 27, 2025
