Monday, August 31, 2026
The US Department of Justice headquarters in Washington. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0

How Do We Stop a Coup? We Organize

With a thousand DOJ monitors ordered to polling places this November and troops not ruled out, a People's Action coalition of 500 groups is organizing a Labor Day mobilization to defend the vote.

We Need a Mass Movement Demanding Real Social Security and Medicare for All

Bernie Sanders is calling for enhanced Social Security benefits and expanding Medicare to cover all Americans. Now we need a independent mass people's movement to fight for the same thing.

GOP state laws attacking trans kids’ rights are ‘unconstitutional’: DOJ

"These filings from the Department of Justice confirm what we have been telling legislatures all year: Banning trans youth from sports and denying trans youth health care violates the Constitution and federal law."
The US Capitol. Photo: Bobt54 / CC BY 3.0

Why some US Republicans want to punish Australia over new charges for tech giants

Australia is being called a ‘loser country’ over the News Bargaining Incentive.
The US Senate chamber. Photo: United States Senate, public domain

This 80-year-old senator isn’t backing off his support for trans rights

Some Democrats have retreated from their party’s once-broad support for transgender rights. Not Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey. “The demonization of the trans community requires political leaders to stand up and to protect them against the unconscionable attacks,” Markey told The 19th ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary, where he faces a challenge from U.S.