Can democracy in the United States survive naked dictatorial ambition and Christian nationalism in 2024? The biggest danger today: a vengeful would-be dictator and a cultist Christian nationalist movement that are reaching for absolute power in our country. Please help us to inform, to mobilize and to inspire the forces of multi-racial, radical, inclusive democracy to defeat this threat in 2024.
Oops, they did it again (weaponized the desperation of the proletariat for fun).
Tim Alberta is a fine guide to the world of conservative US Christians, their dispiriting march to the right, and its ugly cost.
‘American Symphony’: The singer-musician-composer writes his magnum opus while his wife battles cancer in a moving ode to love, creativity, and the art of survival.
Turkey is practical for serving to a large crowd. In England, King Henry VIII regularly enjoyed turkey on Christmas day a century before the Pilgrims’ feast.
Netflix’s new feel-good Bayard Rustin biopic, Rustin, claims the civil rights hero has been forgotten because of his sexuality. But it was his fiery and provocative class politics that makes him both controversial and prophetic today.
Labor
A Teamster organizer reflects on 2023, a year of labor upsurge: “Corporate America, you’re on notice — we’re not fucking around.”
Can democracy in the United States survive naked dictatorial ambition and Christian nationalism in 2024? Here is how we -- the Portside moderators -- see it. And how you can help Portside.
Working-class Americans rarely end up in the halls of Congress. Fewer than 2 percent of Congress members had working-class jobs at the time they were elected.
The new bargaining group will represent thousands of early-career scientists at the US National Institutes of Health.
“Solidarity is the cornerstone of the trade union movement and extends across national borders. Therefore, we are now taking the tools we have and using them to ensure collective agreements and fair working conditions.”
Strong and resilient health systems are indispensable to protecting the population from the negative impacts of climate change on their health.
Democracy was on the ballot this past Election Day — and it won
Neal E. Boudette, who covers the auto industry for The Times, discusses the historic deal and why it was such a big win for workers.
The global Covid-19 pandemic receded to endemic, but left a deadly legacy. We revisit hotspots in Italy and Brazil.
Voter initiatives to put abortion on state ballots looks like a winning formula for 2024
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to weigh in not only on abortion, but on gerrymandering and voting access, with the huge potential to national impact
The future looks grim. Giving up seems the only sensible thing to do. But that’s not true. You are not doomed.
An example of a “tipping point” is a chair falling backwards. Or it can be a major earth system collapsing.
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