Goodbye Afghanistan
An epilogue of war
General Smedley Butler was not the sort of swaggering American hero we like to make movies about. Born in 1881, he joined the Marine…
Goodbye Afghanistan
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Universal Preschool on the November Ballot
This November, something rather remarkable will be available to Multnomah county voters. A ballot initiative, but more importantly, an unprecedented demonstration of mobilization capacity,…
An Unequal Pandemic
Common labor is deemed essential, spotlight shines on the absurdity of inequality
As I write this, several thousand Americans have died of the COVID-19 coronavirus. By the time it is read, that number could be drastically…
Not Too Cold to Canvas for Bernie
Heated politics in Iowa’s frozen landscape
The temperature was something nearing zero in Iowa. There was little snow, but what had landed wouldn’t melt or disappear, liquifying so slightly over…
A Century of Socialism
Bernie Sanders seeks to unite American workers
illustrations by Bailey Granquist When the sun rose in January 1920, it rose, as it always does, on New Zealand. The crimson warmth of…