Politics

How feds used a YouTube livestream to arrest a Portland protester

A camouflaged federal officer pepper sprays a protester in front of the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon,…

4 years ago

Trump is using the census to undermine immigrants’ political power

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order on the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative on July 9, 2020,…

4 years ago

Why masks are (still) politicized in America

President Trump at a meeting with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and others in the Cabinet Room of the White House…

4 years ago

How Hollywood accidentally built Netflix

Johnny Depp starred in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. | Screenshot via Disney Netflix’s stunning rise wouldn’t have happened…

4 years ago

Silicon Valley’s richest are getting richer just as the pandemic is getting worse

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has tripled his net worth in 2020. | Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images…

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“The jobs aren’t there”: Why cutting off enhanced unemployment benefits would leave workers in the lurch

Carlos Ponce joins other demonstrators participating in a protest asking senators to support the continuation of unemployment benefits in Miami…

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Why the next president should establish a Department of Climate

A Jack In The Box restaurant burns as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, north of Sacramento, California, in November…

4 years ago

What’s at stake if Trump gets to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at an event on February 19 in Washington, DC. | Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for…

4 years ago

These mayors want to fight Covid-19 and the recession with one big idea

Michael Tubbs, mayor of Stockton, California, spearheaded Mayors for Guaranteed Income, a coalition of 17 mayors who support implementing a…

4 years ago

Nuclear power has been top-down and hierarchical. These women want to change that.

A concept rendering of a NuScale nuclear power plant. | NuScale A new women-led, progressive energy group will devote itself…

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