It won’t bring down housing prices. It will create displacement—and it’s terribly divisive By CALVIN WELCH SEPTEMBER 7, 2025 (48hills.org) “Ideals without common sense can ruin this town … What does that get us? A discontented, lazy rabble …all because a few starry-eyed dreamers …stir them up and fill their… Continue reading
Tunisian protesters wave Palestinian flags at the Port of Sidi Bou Said near Tunis on September 9, 2025, after the organizers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and pro-Palestinian activists said late on September 8 that one of their boats was hit by a suspected drone. (Photo by Yassine… Continue reading
The expanded definition has justified assaults on journalists who have documented detentions of immigrants. BY MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM-COOK SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 (Prospect.org) WINTERS ROCK ENTERTAINMENT DHS officers confront a man filming with his phone outside the federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles, August 8, 2025. This article is published in partnership… Continue reading
Meyerson on TAPSeptember 9, 2025 (Prospect.org) The Democratic rank and file is much more aligned with Bernie, AOC, and Zohran than it is with Chuck and Hakeem. Lately, the gap between what rank-and-file Democrats believe and what many leading Democratic officials say and do has widened to Grand Canyon dimensions…. Continue reading
Students at George Washington University and three other schools in Washington, DC walked out on September 9, 2025 to protest the federal takeover of the district and the deployment of National Guard troops. (Photo by the Sunrise Movement) “The students leading today’s walkouts are showing the entire nation what it… Continue reading
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani prepare to leave the stage at the conclusion of the Fighting Oligarchy town hall at the Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts on September 6, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)… Continue reading
Trump’s cronies, the political establishment, and billionaire class are lining up to try to take down Zohran Mamdani in his run for NYC Mayor. That’s why we’re launching a nationwide phonebank campaign — making calls every Tuesday and Thursday through Election Day to reach thousands of voters and make sure Zohran wins in November…. Continue reading
Fagan appears at Mission’s Roxie Theater on Sunday by SAGE RÍOS MACE September 9, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Help Mission Local cover ICE We’ve been covering immigration enforcement intensely under Trump. Now, we’re seeking $300,000 — $100,000 a year for the rest of Trump’s term — to hire a full-time immigration reporter. Donate Kevin Fagan walked into… Continue reading
Take Hold of Our History: Make America Radical Again Harvey J. Kaye The eighteen essays and speeches in Take Hold of Our History render a manifesto – a call to remember, redeem, and embrace the American radical story and tradition in favor of cultivating American historical memory and imagination and… Continue reading
