There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like

JAMELLE BOUIE The New York Times
photo of the supreme court house overlayed with a sign saying Stand with Workersa
The American political system was not built with the interests of workers in mind. If labor is ever going to get what it needs, it probably won’t be with the helping hand of a judge or a justice.

The Popular Vote

Star Black Popular Vote
What really do we mean by the “popular vote”? The poet Star Black sees the consequences of misunderstanding.

Fighting Fire and Fascism in the American West

Patrick Bigger and Sara Nelson Dissent Magazine
Ecological crisis, rural deindustrialization, and real estate speculation have created conditions in which the far right thrives. Combatting the rising right and surging wildfires will take a progressive green industrial policy,

GOP Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election

Steven Lee Myers and Sheera Frenkel The New York Times
A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics.- aimed against those that study the spread of disinformation.

Ecuador’s Divided Electoral Landscape

Marc Becker NACLA
Facing certain impeachment, on May 17 Ecuador's deeply unpopular rightwing president Guillermo Lasso pulled the plug and dissolved the National Assembly, calling for new elections.