You Are Not a Loan
Activists and academics discuss the crisis of higher education and the growing movement to cancel student debt and make college free for all.
Politics
Voices
Forget Biden’s Bust of Cesar Chavez: Hunts Point Strike Is the Bold Labor Action the Country Needs
Essential workers, ravaged by the pandemic as their bosses raked in millions, organized from the bottom up and won concessions.
A Massachusetts Democrat Pushed His Party on Its Alex Morse Handling. Getting Called a “Faggot” Wasn’t Even the Worst Response.
A meeting of the Cambridge Democratic City Committee is a microcosm of the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
Voices
The Meaning of the Mittens: Five Possibilities
The symbolic power of Bernie’s old pair of mittens was the work of the “us” in “not me, us.”
Biden Should End Espionage Act Prosecutions of Whistleblowers and Journalists
It’s time to stop the war on journalism.
Climate Groups Begin Vying for Power in the Biden Era as Pressure for Unity Fades
As the BlueGreen Alliance gears up for a big staff expansion, debates around carbon capture, natural gas, and nuclear energy resurface.
Protests for Black Lives
State Legislatures Make "Unprecedented" Push on Anti-Protest Bills
Since the day of the Capitol insurrection, nearly a fifth of states moved bills that would crack down on protests.
Joe Manchin Was Hit With Tough Ad Back Home After Going Wobbly on $2,000 Checks
In 2009, progressive organizations were warned by the White House not to pressure conservative Democrats. Biden doesn’t have that control this time.
Photo Essay: At Biden's Inauguration, Empty Streets but Not a Void
Ron Haviv’s photographs reveal the hopes and the troubles in Washington, D.C., on the first day of Joe Biden’s presidency.
Voices
By Far the Worst Thing Trump Did Was Flirt With Nuclear War With North Korea
Trump’s actions on this one issue outweigh everything else, yet it’s received less attention than many of his tweets.