[ad_1] Editorial / August 13, 2024 Rural America looms large in the 2024 election. So why is it such a small piece of the Progressive Caucus agenda? Ad Policy A sign calling for volunteers hangs at the Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department on Friday, May 31, 2024, in Sheffield, Pennsylvania. This article appears in the August […]

[ad_1] People stand in front of a sign featuring Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the United Center before the start of the Democratic National Convention Friday in Chicago. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Democratic National Convention will […]

[ad_1] Left to right: Lucero Lopez, Jasmine Perez Moreno, Josue Rodriguez, Raneem La Roux, and Jossue Ureno pose for a portrait at The Leroy and Lucile Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Houston. Joseph Bui for NPR hide caption toggle caption Joseph Bui for NPR As Vice President Harris charts […]

[ad_1] Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Harris arrives to speak at a campaign rally on Aug. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas. Julia Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Nikhinson/AP By the time most presidential nominees reach the stage at their parties’ national conventions, they’ve usually spent months hammering out their policy priorities. But Vice President […]

[ad_1] Feature / August 13, 2024 A century ago, labor colleges transformed American unions. It’s time to bring them back. From labor rights to civil rights: Top: A.J. Muste (left, seated) leading a class at Brookwood in 1925. Bottom: Martin Luther King Jr., Pete Seeger, Charis Horton, Rosa Parks, and Ralph Abernathy at the Highlander […]

[ad_1] Politics / August 16, 2024 The president’s foreign policy choices in the Middle East and Ukraine have been disasters. Harris needs to make a decisive break. Ad Policy Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the White House on July 14, 2024. (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images) Last November, I stopped participating in […]

[ad_1] Politics / August 16, 2024 Hey, can we circle back to when many supposedly intelligent people were making one of the most obviously ridiculous political arguments of all time? Ad Policy President Joe Biden speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at Sherman Middle School on July 5, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson […]

[ad_1] Politics / August 16, 2024 The GOP has been desperately trying—and failing—to shift the public’s attention onto other issues. Ad Policy Members of Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix. (Photo by Rebecca […]

[ad_1] Politics / August 16, 2024 Insecure and contemplating defeat, the former president returns to a familiar script. Ad Policy Mocking Trump as “weird” is a summer pleasure—fun while it lasts. But if he keeps preparing his supporters for insurrection stronger warnings will be needed.(Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images) Donald Trump is a […]

[ad_1] Democracy requires that we make political choices free from bullying, intimidation, or threats of violence. So it is a problem when rates of political violence go up—as they have in the United States. Reuters reports that we’ve seen some 213 cases, including 39 fatalities in the US just since January 6, 2021. That’s more […]