The Search for the Secrets of the Universe

A mile beneath the Black Hills, scientists are building giant detectors to analyse neutrino particles – and possibly find the answer to existence

Only Israel’s Palestinians Vote Against Genocide

The “most consequential election in Israel’s history” has not changed the country’s unbearably bleak outlook. But the Palestinian minority has come out in force for solidarity and justice.

A Brief History of Spoiler Candidates

The spoiler candidate is one of the oldest tricks in the American campaign toolbox, and the law has rarely touched it.

The Plundering Oligarch You Haven’t Heard Of

Private-equity magnate Jeffrey Leerink has been busy pillaging healthcare and the life sciences.

Letters From an American - October 31, 2026

In 1866 to support his party before the midterms, President Andrew Johnson denounced Congress as an illegal body, called certain Republican members of Congress traitors who should be hanged, and compared himself both Abraham Lincoln and Jesus Christ

Focus on the Real Drivers of the Affordability Crisis

The principal sources of the affordability crisis are less consumer goods and more childcare, health care, and education. The Left’s response to that crisis should focus on universal, solidaristic, and visible social programs.

Government Corruption a Top Issue for US Midterm Voters

Harris poll for Guardian finds 76% believe officials care more about self-enrichment than helping everyday Americans

How the Right Uses Climate Disasters To Build Power

A Q&A with Astra Taylor, co-author with Naomi Klein of ‘End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World.’

North Carolina Movement to Reject Corporate Tax Breaks

As the cost of living rises and wages stagnate, a growing movement for people over profits is rallying against a set of exploitative ballot amendments.

Ecuador’s Opposition, Prosecuted off the Ballot

The arrest of former presidential candidate Luisa González is the latest in a series of judicial attacks on Ecuador’s opposition parties ahead of local elections.
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Culture

poetry

Dakota Homecoming

Gwen Westerman
Dakota poet Gwen Westerman invites us to eavesdrop on a revealing conversation she had with a non-Native speaker.

books

An Organization of Organizers

Alan Wald New Politics
Reviewer Wald says this book "is entirely convincing that the IS achievement in this era should earn a well-deserved place in any accurate history of the 1960–70s Left."

food

A Great Moral Blind Spot of Our Age

Nicholas Kristof The New York Times
The sickening situation in American meatpacking plants could soon get worse, for the Trump administration proposed raising the maximum normal speed of chicken slaughter lines from 140 birds per minute to 175 per minute.

poetry

Why Hadn’t We Seen Them Before

Dr. Mary Jane Castle
Drawing on her many years working in human rights and public health, poet Mary Ann Castle shows us that poverty can have many faces.

Labor

labor

Mass Worker Education: Governing From the Shop Floor

Nantina Vgontzas and Sanjay Pinto New Labor Forum
Photo of smiling people celebrating. A mass worker education program could support legal co-enforcement while also equipping workers with resources to exercise greater control over their conditions, addressing shop-floor challenges before they become acute.

labor

Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta Dies at 96

Dolores Huerta Foundation
Dolores Huerta, a founder of the UFW, helped expand the meaning of feminism. She showed that women’s equality could not be separated from the fight for fair wages, immigrant rights, racial justice, reproductive freedom and political power.

labor

Dockworkers Worldwide Are About To Strike for Palestine

Peter Cole Jacobin magazine
The second International Day of Action of Dockworkers, in solidarity with Palestine and against militarism, begins this Friday — and could be the largest worker action against war in history.

labor

Meta Must Reinstate Brazilian Bank Workers’ Union on WhatsApp, Says UNI

UNI Global Union UNI Global Union
Just days before Brazil's presidential run-off, Meta shut down the WhatsApp channel of a major union. WhatsApp was a key tool for organizing voters for the election between the former union leader Lula and the son of ousted authoritarian Bolsinaro.

Friday nite video

video

Historian Debunks The Biggest Witchcraft Myths

Historian of Witchcraft & Demonology Mikki Brock deep-dives to separate fact from fiction: the Salem witch trials, the original witch hunts and what modern-day witch hunts look like.

video

Patrick Stewart's Extraordinary Career

Patrick Stewart was both a staple of the British stage and a global star known for his role in Star Trek and X-Men. As Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Stewart reached millions worldwide.

video

We Spoke To Trump Voters In Rural Florida

They're begging for help. Senate candidate Angie Nixon pitched Medicare For All to Trump voters, a message she's hoping will take her to Congress in November.

 

video

Digger | Movie

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything. Tom Cruise,  Riz Ahmed.