PRG Test
Workplace Raids Are Not the Answer
Criminalizing undocumented labor will not curb the practice of their hiring. It only makes workers more exploitable. Read more
Aug 20, 2019
Fox News
To My New Admirer at Fox News
As a “super far left” member of the press, I found common ground defending free speech. But accuracy? Not so much. Read more
Aug 19, 2019
James Willamor
Right at Home: Why the GOP Chose Charlotte
If anyone is surprised by the xenophobia on display in North Carolina, they shouldn’t be. But there’s plenty of resistance, too. Read more
Aug 19, 2019
Poems
We’ve published original poetry in our pages since 1995. We believe in poetry, and we believe in the power of words and the art of arranging them.
Sailing Over a Barbed Wire Fence
This poem is about a hate crime. It’s also about Donald Trump’s idea of hell: empathy. Read more
Aug 3, 2019
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
A Poet Gives Witness to War
In her new book, Carolyn Forché recounts travels in El Salvador during some of its bloodiest days in the dark Reagan 1980s. “The refugees now coming from Central America are normal people,” she says, “running away from something that we helped create Read more
Apr 4, 2019
Featured Columnists
Jeff Abbott
Independent journalist currently based out of Guatemala. On Twitter @palabrasdeabajo. Read more
Ashana Bigard
Social justice organizer and public education advocate. Read more
Ruth Conniff
Editor-at-large for The Progressive. Read more
Mike Ervin
Disability rights activist and blogger at Smart Ass Cripple Read more
Jud Lounsbury
Political writer, Madison, Wisconsin. Formerly America's #1 press secretary. Tweets from @JudLounsbury. Read more
Rann Miller
Teacher with a passion for urban education and author. Read more
Mark Anthony Rolo
Journalist, Bad River Band Ojibwe. Author of “My Mother Is Now Earth.” Read more
Dave Zirin
Writer on the politics of sports. Tweets from @EdgeofSports. Read more
