We Are Witness to Our Self-Destruction
Peter Kuper Fossil fuels, profits of doom. The post We Are Witness to Our Self-Destruction appeared first on The Nation.
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Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires
Culture / October 6, 2023 Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires How the Nationals’ star reliever became the conscience of baseball. Peter Dreier Ad Policy Sean Doolittle pitching for the Washington Nationals. (Bill Kostroun / AP) Sean Doolittle may lack the notoriety of Colin Kaepernick, Megan Rapinoe, or LeBron James, but he’s the most outspoken…
The WGA Wins Its Strike, but California Workers Face Uncertainty
Today 5:30 am The WGA Wins Its Strike, but California Workers Face Uncertainty The WGA Wins Its Strike, but California Workers Face Uncertainty The Hollywood writers’ union scores an impressive win, while Governor Newsom sells out strikers on other fronts. Ben Schwartz October 6, 2023 Striking writers picket the Netflix studio in Los Angeles (Mario…
Naomi Klein Explains the Problems With Left-Wing Silence
Q&A / October 6, 2023 Naomi Klein Explains the Problems With Left-Wing Silence The author of Doppelganger wants us to find stories that can “replace the socialism of fools with the socialism of facts.” Laura Flanders Ad Policy Canadian author Naomi Klein poses for a photograph on September 3, 2015, in Sydney, Australia. (Cole Bennetts…
What Good Is Architecture on a Drowning Planet?
Environment / October 6, 2023 What Good Is Architecture on a Drowning Planet? We need political solutions to climate emergencies, not design solutions. Kate Wagner Ad Policy A person pushes a barricade floating on a flooded street amid a coastal storm on September 29, 2023, in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. (Michael M. Santiago…
Hope for Asylum Seekers
Felipe Galindo The Biden administration will allow nearly half a million Venezuelan migrants in the United States to live and work legally in the country for 18 months. The post Hope for Asylum Seekers appeared first on The Nation.
The “Trump for Speaker” Campaign Shipwrecks on the Shoals of Stupidity
Politics / October 5, 2023 The “Trump for Speaker” Campaign Shipwrecks on the Shoals of Stupidity Some House Republicans want the former president to be their new boss. There are just two problems with this plan: it’s crazy, and it’s not allowed. John Nichols Ad Policy (Fox News / YouTube) Kevin McCarthy’s speakership ended as…
The Vanguard Party of the Christian Right
Society / October 5, 2023 The Vanguard Party of the Christian Right The Alliance Defending Freedom, an evangelical legal advocacy group, is behind many of the Supreme Court cases seeking right-wing rulings. Chris Lehmann Ad Policy Lawyer Kristen Waggoner of the Alliance Defending Freedom, right, speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington in December 2022,…
The Crisis of Shelter in the United States
/ October 5, 2023 The Crisis of Shelter in the United States Housing is one the building blocks of human life. Why is it so scarce in this country? Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Ad Policy Condemned condominiums in Houston, 2007. (Photo by James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) The summer before seventh grade, my mother…
Who Is the Real Laphonza Butler?
Politics / October 5, 2023 Who Is the Real Laphonza Butler? The new senator from California has been both a union organizer and a corporate consultant. Which side of her will we see in Congress? Sasha Abramsky Ad Policy Senator-designate Laphonza Butler, a Democrat from California, left, is sworn in by US Vice President Kamala…