Inside Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally
Investigative journalist Arun Gupta offers an eyewitness account of the hate—and sense of belonging—on display at Donald Trump’s New York City rally.
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Undoing What Wall Street Did to the Housing Market
Billionaires have long leveraged the housing market for money. But a new report outlines how to regulate the market so people—not hedge funds—can buy homes.
Should Voters Pick Judges?
Only a few localities nationwide allow voters to elect judges. What impact would democratizing judge selection have on the judiciary?
Can Massive Election Turnout Save Democracy?
An extremely tight race for the presidency is sparking a last-minute, Black-led GOTV effort aimed at Black voters in swing states.
Israeli Journalist Decries Gaza Genocide
Gideon Levy, an Israeli journalist long critical of his nation’s apartheid state, offers moral clarity on the first anniversary of the genocide in Gaza.
The Contentious Role of Third-Party Candidates
In a high-stakes election, left-leaning third party candidates are receiving Republican support, and may be wooing disaffected progressive voters. Former Green Party vice presidential candidate Rosa Clemente shares her take on this year’s race.
Mutual Aid in the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene
A self-described "climate refugee" deals with the devastation of Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina.
A Progress 2025 Vision for Climate Justice
As Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastate the Southeastern U.S., Antonia Juhasz articulates a just vision for how to fix our climate.
Dr. Ibram X Kendi’s Progress 2025 Vision for Education
In the face of Project 2025’s dystopian vision for education, Ibram X Kendi lays out a progressive alternative for public education in the U.S.
Here’s How to Respond to Crime, Not React to It
A new ballot measure in California would reverse progress on reducing mass incarceration. Here's what our regular correspondent Dortell Williams has to say about it.
An Abolitionist Response to Project 2025
Project 2025, created by the extremist right-wing Heritage Foundation, fortifies the racist impact of policing by empowering the Department of Justice to focus on violent crime, despite the fact that
A Progress 2025 Vision of Self-Determination
Project 2025, created by the extremist right-wing Heritage Foundation, takes a colonialist position on U.S. influence at home and abroad. Its authors argue that too much public land is not
Ending “Death by Incarceration”
A Pennsylvania man is challenging mandatory life without parole sentencing for felony murders in a case that has national implications.
Progress 2025: Protecting Voting Rights and Democracy
Instead of Project 2025's white supremacist vision for voting rights, Progress 2025 envisions universal early voting, a national federal holiday and more.
A Liberatory Vision for Reproductive Justice
A progressive alternative to Project 2025's anti-abortion vision includes no-cost abortions, on-demand, for everyone who wants one.
Trump’s Fake Electors Eye 2024 Election Theft
A new report by Insurrection Exposed prepares voters on what to expect from Trump’s next effort to steal an election.
Progress 2025: A Vision for Economic Justice
A progressive alternative to Project 2025’s anti-tax, anti-worker economy includes worker protections and a strong social safety net.
A Progress 2025 Vision for Immigration
Instead of Project 2025’s harsh anti-immigrant policies, here’s what a progressive, human-centered vision for immigrant rights looks like.
Does a Forest Have Rights? In Ecuador, It Does.
Journalist Peter Yeung explains how Los Cedros has remained protected for years thanks to Ecuador’s constitution extending rights to nature.
A Progress 2025 Vision for Health Care
Instead of gutting Medicare and Medicaid, as Project 2025 envisions, here's what a holistic, collective approach to health care would look like.
Progress 2025: A Vision for LGBTQ Rights
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has promised a dystopian vision for LGBTQ rights. Its ideas are consistent with authoritarian, Christian nationalist, and white supremacist objectives. It aims to criminalize the existence
YES! Magazine Explores “The Truth Above All Else”
YES! Executive Editor Evette Dionne previews the latest issue of YES! Magazine, themed around "truth."
Meet the Librarian Battling Book Bans
Librarian Amanda Jones refused to stay silent in the face of vicious attacks by a right-wing book-banning campaign. She tells all in a new book.
Can the Next President Solve the Housing Crisis?
A housing rights organizer analyzes the solutions being proposed this election year to address the high cost of home buying and renting.
Workers Challenge Mega Grocery Merger
The Biden administration has sued to stop the largest grocery merger in the nation’s history, between Kroger and Albertsons.
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