Economy / January 19, 2026 New York City is suing a delivery app for stealing workers’ pay—signaling that under Mamdani, gig companies can no longer break the law with impunity. Ad Policy Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, steps up to a podium during a news conference in Brooklyn borough of New York on […]
Activism / January 16, 2026 Formed to oppose the Iraq War, Madres Contra La Guerra have now spent decades trying to end Puerto Rico’s role at the center of the US war machine in Latin America. Ad Policy A protester with Madres Contra La Guerra protests the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico on […]
Politics / Authoritarian Watch / January 16, 2026 The news was a firehose of stories of authoritarian behavior. We can’t let ourselves drown. Ad Policy President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he walks to board Marine One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 11, 2026. (Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images) […]
Politics / January 16, 2026 In this week’s “Elie v. U.S.,” our justice correspondent explores the fecklessness of the Democratic Party, MAGA racism, and fighting despite unwinnable odds. Ad Policy Demonstrators protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul, Minnesota, (Victor J. Blue / Bloomberg via Getty […]
Activism / January 15, 2026 We can turn the tide against Trump—but only with mass action and courageous leadership. Ad Policy Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley speaks to acrowd of bystanders near the scene where federal agents shot and killed a woman earlier on Portland Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 7, 2026. (Alex […]
Politics / January 14, 2026 It’s the protesters on the streets in Minneapolis fighting ICE, DOJ lawyers who’ve resigned over the investigation into Renee and Becca Good—and many more opposing Trump’s abuses. Ad Policy Demonstrators during a protest in Minneapolis on January 8, 2026. An ICE officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in […]
In 2018, they called themselves “the Badasses”—a cadre of female national-security and military veterans running for Congress as Democrats, in what turned out to be a wave of anti–Donald Trump victories and a landslide for women candidates. All five—Michigan’s Elissa Slotkin and Virginia’s Abigail Spanberger, both ex–CIA officers; New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill and Virginia’s Elaine […]
Activism / January 12, 2026 Last year, in the face of Trump’s authoritarianism, the sports industry remained quiet. Now with the killing Renee Good, it may be waking up to the dangers of this administration. Ad Policy Minnesota Frost and Seattle Torrent take part in a moment of silence for Renee Good at Grand Casino […]
Politics / January 9, 2026 The Trump administration is once more invoking upside-down alibis of state to conjure the bogus specter of imminent threat. Ad Policy A sign in Minneapolis commemorates the killing of Renee Good. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images) There was the one in Ferguson. The one in Minnesota where the licensed gun […]
NATO allies don’t want to confront Trump’s aggression. But they may ultimately not have a choice. Ad Policy President Donald Trump hosts a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) On Tuesday, European leaders met in Paris to try and […]
