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As agrochemical giants and data monopolies consolidate control over seeds, the food system becomes ever more fragile. Humanity has domesticated thousands of crops but, in pursuit of profit, corporations have winnowed that heritage down to a handful.
Claiming to be working to stop corporate landlords from buying up single-family homes, an industry-backed GOP senator is circulating legislation that could block states from regulating the institutional investors purchasing hundreds of thousands of homes.
In Britain, Thursday’s Gorton and Denton by-election was a historic victory for the Greens. Labour prime minister Keir Starmer chased the Left out of his party, and he is now seeing its voter base collapse.
Democrats in Congress may be failing to meaningfully check ICE, but that’s not the story in towns and cities. There progressive and socialist lawmakers are working with local movements to craft ways to push back on the agency’s authoritarianism.
In California, the United Auto Workers are calling on the state to make major investments in green energy, while also making sure these investments provide good union jobs and products that are affordable for working-class consumers.
The Mexican Revolution inspired an extraordinary cultural efflorescence, with painting as its leading art form. The spectacular murals of Diego Rivera, inspired by Mexico’s popular history and culture, are the most remarkable legacy of that period.
With Donald Trump’s tariffs being ruled illegal, the government may be on the hook for up to $170 billion in refunds. Because Amazon helped conceal how much tariffs raised consumer prices, it will be easier for companies to hoard refunds for themselves.
Jerusalem-based historian Lee Mordechai has spent the last two years documenting Israeli violence against civilians in Gaza. In an interview, he explains why the genocide has continued even after the supposed ceasefire.
Donald Trump’s new transportation proposal will hurt transit funding in every single American state, undermining affordability across the board. From red states to blue states, and from drivers to nondrivers, everyone will feel the impact.
Gore Verbinski’s new film, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, is so strangely ineffectual that the main fascination while watching it is trying to figure out why nothing the film does is working.
The Democratic base in New York State and some party leaders nationwide are charting a path toward a greener future. New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, meanwhile, is choosing billionaires and polluters.
The Trump administration is determined to finally crush Cuba, through concerted actions to cut off its fuel supply. Resisting Donald Trump’s imperialism, the Nuestra América solidarity convoy is mobilizing to provide direct aid to the Cuban people.