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Protestors confront the National Guard outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago August 26 1968 by Warren K Leffler
The Left
What Democrats Lose in Ignoring the Uncommitted Movement
October 24, 2024Abby Lloyd
Why Now?
How the GOP Killed Dissent
October 24, 2024Claire Potter
An Indiana State Police (ISP) officer wielding a “less than lethal” weapon stands guard as Indiana University (IUPD) officers and university employees dismantle a student encampment. A crowd of concerned onlookers stands behind (April 27, 2024) | Photo used with author’s permission
Israel/Palestine
All IU Faculty, Staff, and Students Are “Safe,” but Some Are Safer Than Others
October 24, 2024Jessica Storey-Nagy
Woman with red curly hair holds a sign that reads Business As Usual Cannot Continue. In the background is a large group of people sitting and standing to form a protest against fossil fuels.
Economy
Economists Should Take a Page From Student Activism
October 22, 2024Govind Srivastav
Kamala Harris and Steve Greenhouse on stage speaking at National Forum on Wages and Working People
United States
Behind the Balancing Act of Kamala Harris’s Industrial Policy
October 21, 2024Henry Tonks
A homesteader diligently repairs a wooden fence he built himself.
United States
“Blame It on the Immigrant”: The Housing Crisis Edition
October 18, 2024Achilles Kallergis
Teresa Ghilarducci Work Retire Repeat cover
Labor
Who Gets to Retire?
October 17, 2024Teresa Ghilarducci
Art Room with a woman in front of a mirror
Reviews
Becca Rothfeld’s Essays in Praise of Excess
October 17, 2024Emma Minor
Female warehouse worker sitting and looking tired
Labor
You Are Entitled to Live Your Own Life—If Your Employer Allows It
October 17, 2024Phyllis Jeffrey
Film
La Chimera‘s Tomb Raiders Unearth the Intersections of Past and Present
October 16, 2024Taylor Stout
Food delivery driver in traffic
New York City
Low-Paid Industries Rely on Gig Workers. Are They Actually Employees?
October 16, 2024Lina Moe
Television broadcasting an image of an up-close image of an eye.
Reviews
Emily Nussbaum Is Getting Realer Than Real
October 15, 2024Hannah Berman

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