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United States

A Revolutionary Perspective on Our Crisis, Part II

We must organize at every level, from our neighborhoods and families to Capitol Hill, to condemn the plague of White supremacy in our country. If we want to build a better world, we must seize this moment.

This Election, California’s Proposition 22 Puts the Future of Labor on the Ballot

As debates on workers’ rights factor into this November’s heated election, Californian voters may set a legal precedent for future labor movements in an increasingly tech-based economy.

Splitting the Vote: How Nebraska’s 2nd District could Swing the 2020 Election

While most of Nebraska polls in Trump’s favor, its second electoral district — which contains the city of Omaha — could very likely go blue this election cycle. And that could have a huge impact both on the 2020 election and on electoral policy for years to come.

Life in Limbo: Pandemic Policy and Immigration Backlogs

A deluge of harmful pandemic policies has exacerbated pre-existing structural issues within employment-based visas, creating incredible legal, financial and emotional stress for immigrants and their children. 

What the “Big Tech” Trustbusting Conversation Misses

Breaking up Big Tech will do little to disrupt the technocratic power dynamics that largely drive the pulse of this country. The real conversation should be focused on the soft power that these companies exert, culturally and politically.

A Wholistic Conscience: US Catholics Must Break from Single-issue Voting

Catholics have championed fighting for the unborn since the mid-1970s when Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton set the precedent for abortion legality in the U.S. But in recent years, overcommitment to this issue has led many to sell out the Catholic Church’s beliefs on a whole host of issues.

Haley 2024? It Doesn’t Look Like It

The apparent internal contradiction between Nikki Haley's race and her ideology is not unique to her; rather, she is only the most prominent representative of a larger group of Indian American Republicans whose identity and party find themselves in an increasingly jarring tension.

We Must Protect Our Environmental Protections

The Trump administration is dismantling the coal ash rule sentence by sentence. Through a series of ostensibly unremarkable changes — an added exception here, an extended deadline there — the Trump EPA has poked enough holes in that environmental regulation to put this country’s water resources at risk.

October, 80 Years Later

This country is not a shining beacon, but a crack in the door. Sometimes, it gives just enough light to see by. 

The Pandemic Blame Game

We have mayors and governors and public health officials and transportation authorities and other people with power that have the right to tell us what to do. But, in response to this pandemic, we have created a twisted narrative of personal responsibility that distracts us from their failings.