A Big-Money Operation Purged Critics of Israel From the Democratic Party
How the Israel lobby moved to quash rising dissent in Congress against Israel’s apartheid regime.
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“Who’s Willing to Get Arrested?” Immigrant Activists Ready for Trump Deportation Plans
Immigrant rights organizers and activists have a playbook from the last Trump presidency, but worry of less funding and more fatigue.
Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”
Taken by ICE last year for protesting Israel, Khalil speaks on how his fight is bigger than whether he gets to stay in this country.
Bottled Water Giant BlueTriton Admits Claims of Recycling and Sustainability Are "Puffery"
BlueTriton, owner of Poland Spring and other brands of water packaged in plastic, stated in a court filing that its claims of sustainability are "vague and hyperbolic."
Price Controls: An Inflation Solution That Doesn’t Screw Workers
Economist James K. Galbraith discusses the history of how price controls have been used to address inflation.
Three Teachers Tried to Give Palestinian Students a Safe Haven — and It Cost Them Their Jobs
The Philadelphia school ordered teachers to “stay neutral” on Israel’s war on Gaza, but they helped students make pro-Palestine posters.
Finishing the Haitian Revolution
There’s work left over from 1804.
Kyrsten Sinema Used the Winery Where She Interned to Fundraise With Private Equity
The Arizona senator, who is blocking tax increases on the rich, spent the summer courting donors who stand to lose under major tax reform.
Which LA Fire Victims Get Money on GoFundMe — and Who Gets Left Out?
GoFundMe campaigns tend to favor the white and wealthy. After the Eaton fire, Altadena’s Black community is fighting back.
Private Prisons Are a Socially Responsible Investment, According to Bizarre Wall Street Measures
Defense contractors, fossil fuel companies, and pharmaceutical giants have also used superficial measures like diverse boards to earn inclusion in so-called socially conscious ESG funds.