AugustSeptember 2018
Off the Map: The Oval Office Apprentice
President Donald Trump has failed at many endeavors, but he has a real knack for pretending to be authentic. Read more
Edge of Sports: Why LeBron James Must Not Shut Up
Over the last six years, LeBron has carved out a legacy for himself as someone unafraid to use his platform to speak out about racism and police violence. Read more
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‘This Is In Our Blood’
How striking West Virginians made history—again. Read more
Kerstin Diehn
Going Local
In the age of Donald Trump, some of the most significant political battles are taking place on the local level. Read more
Alisdare Hickson
Comment: Let's Have a War on Donald Trump
We need to be creative in finding ways to express displeasure toward the President, the only real check on his cruelty. Read more
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‘Not Good for a Democracy’
James Clapper, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency under George H. W. Bush and Director of National Intelligence under President Barack Obama speaks out against the current President. Read more
Over the Wall: Lessons in Democracy from Mexico
The same activists who helped López Obrador win his bottom-up campaign hope that his victory will interrupt a cycle of corruption that has poisoned democracy even at the very humblest local level. Read more
Bill Lueders (provided photo)
Editor’s Note: Conditions of Employment
My father worked for more than thirty years, half his life, for a laundry and dry cleaning company in Milwaukee, picking up and dropping off clothes at the homes of people who, unlike us, could afford such things. Read more
No Comment: Ah the Sport of It!
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has moved to rescind Obama-era restrictions on hunting on public lands in Alaska and that's bad for mother bears and their cubs. Read more
Black Officer, White Robe
Ron Stallworth, Colorado Springs Police Department’s first black undercover detective speaks about one of the most ironic infiltrations of all time. Read more
Into the Light
For Lorraine Hansberry, American radicalism was a passion and a commitment. It was, in fact, a requirement for human decency. Read more
Keep Resisting
"Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies." Read more
Max Pixel
The Other Refugee Crisis
“I’m searching in vain for an antonym for the word ‘refugee.’ I need that word to characterize people, myself included, who feel compelled to stay in their states.” Read more
On the Line: Fast Times on the Border
An event marking the fiftieth anniversary of César Chávez’s famous 1968 fast during the migrant grape workers strike in California. Read more
Ending the Silence
Advocates take aim at non-disclosure pacts that protect sexual harassers. Read more
Where There's Smoke, There's Fired
Employers are still dumping workers for using pot, even where it's legal. Read more
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The Undoing of Progressive Wisconsin
From our upcoming issue of the magazine: How Trump's victory heralded the final stage of a national unraveling. Read more
Ties that Bind
Draconian employment contracts are creating a new form of indentured servitude. Read more
