1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1689+ words) Ouano Tante worked the afternoon shift at the Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, for five years. But when she and hundreds of her co-workers arrived at work on August 14, they found the plant closed. They speculated that someone on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (682+ words) Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, where Donald Trump won by a 1-point margin in 2024, is one of the swingiest in the nation. In November, community organizer William Lawrence will try to win back the Republican-held seat for Democrats through an outsider campaign laser-focused…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1449+ words) On a late-May morning in the bustling commercial district of Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, David Nollman flags down pedestrians to gather signatures on a petition. The 78-year-old is soliciting support for efforts to preserve the affordability of the Forbes Building,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (613+ words) In June 2024, Florida-based rapper Julio Foolio was gunned down and killed outside a hotel in Tampa. A prominent artist in the drill scene, his death, and the trial that followed, sparked more than surface-level debate online about the use of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (355+ words) “Are you all ready for the most epic party in all of American history?” asked Monica Crowley, the U.S. government’s protocol chief, from a podium on a towering stage set gracelessly in the middle of the National Mall in…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (257+ words) Progressive candidates endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders swept to victory on Tuesday in Democratic primaries across the US. Sanders-backed candidates in California also put in strong showings, with former San Francisco city supervisor Jane Kim advancing to the general election…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (310+ words) In These Times The Big Idea: Cooperative Bookstores Radical booksellers create democratically governed spaces where the public is encouraged to build movements, rather than merely participate in the retail economy. 1. a bookstore that’s collectively owned and democratically governed by its…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1091+ words) The threat of a city government shutdown loomed large in Chicago in December 2025 as the city faced an end-of-year deadline to close a projected $1.2 billion deficit. But a standoff ensued after a group of Chicago City Council alderpersons — led by…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (407+ words) Last year’s Republican tax bill, the self-styled Big Beautiful Bill, continued a decades‑long trend in which the top 1% have seen their tax burdens decline steadily from the high levels of the mid-20th century. The richest of America’s oligarchs — Elon…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1677+ words) Luis Hernandez, then 35, woke to a gray, hazy sky on Feb. 17, 2024. He opted for a warm sweater and cargo pants with pockets just big enough to hold his spare canister of oxygen, but he hoped he wouldn’t need it. It…...