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They Are Burying Us Alive in Prison

When Covid-19 broke out in Stateville Correctional Center, we were left to die.

Raul Dorado

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Nationalize the Pharmaceutical Industry Now

The status quo will kill us.

Hadas Thier

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The Forgotten History of the Jewish, Anti-Zionist Left

A conversation with scholar Benjamin Balthaser about Jewish, working-class anti-Zionism in the 1930s and '40s.

Sarah Lazare

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Barr’s New Task Force Is a Blatant Attempt to Target Racial Justice Protesters

By embracing preventive policing, the task force aims to eliminate the threat of dissent.

Chip Gibbons

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The People Who Will Draft the Democratic Platform Have a Conflict of Interest Problem

Next up after the Biden-Sanders task forces? The Democratic platform drafting committee—and progressives have their work cut out for them.

Branko Marcetic

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The Coddling of the Elites

Free speech for whom, exactly?

Hamilton Nolan

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They Came to Support People Getting Out of Jail. Then They Were Attacked By Police.

Jail support outfits have not been spared police backlash.

Elizabeth King

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The Problem With Israel’s Annexation Is Its Brutality, Not Its Optics

We need strong condemnation of Israel's annexation plans, not handwringing over bad P.R.

Sandra Tamari

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Telling Cops to Get Criminal Justice Degrees Won’t End Police Violence

The field of criminal justice is itself part of the problem.

Ash Stephens

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First You Bomb and Starve a Country. Then You’re Praised for Sending in Aid.

The perverse diplomatic charade of Saudi Arabia starting a fire then getting credit for providing fire blankets.

Sarah Lazare

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It’s Not Just Covid That Has Hondurans Starving. It’s Also U.S. Policy.

On the roots of the Honduran hunger crisis.

Meghan Krausch

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A Virtual Charter School Company Says Covid-19 Is the ‘Tailwind’ It’s Been Waiting For

Critics say online learning is failing low-income students. But some for-profit companies are pushing to make it the new normal.

Indigo Olivier

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New York’s Samelys López Has a Radical Proposal: Poverty Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence

López, a left-wing challenger running for Congress, discusses disaster capitalism, defunding police and how she's taking on the Democratic establishment.

Malaika Jabali

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How Our Bloated Military Strengthens the Police State

The violent U.S. domination of people of color overseas is inextricably linked to the oppression of people of color at home.

Shireen Al-Adeimi and Sarah Lazare

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Market Logic Is Literally Killing Us

Historically, during national emergencies like World War II, the U.S. government subordinated business interests to the public good. Why can't it do so in the Covid-19 crisis?

Rick Perlstein

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9 Statistics That Show What a Miserable Failure the CARES Act Is

Major bailouts went to big corporations, giving them lasting security, while the rest of us got a temporary Band-Aid.

Dayton Martindale

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Beware of Police “Reforms” That Reinforce the Very System Killing Us

We can’t fix the problem by investing more resources in police. We must defund and disband.

Janaé Bonsu

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Another Political Revolution in New York? Insurgent Jamaal Bowman Now Has Bernie and AOC on His Side

Bowman, a progressive insurgent, is gaining steam in his primary challenge to Democratic incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel. And now he has both Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders behind him.

Nick Vachon

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Labor Must Be Anti-Fascist and Anti-Racist

A conversation with Kooper Caraway, President of the Sioux Falls AFL-CIO and Labor Rep for AFSCME Council 65.

Maximillian Alvarez

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Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Can Be Deadly, But the U.S. Won’t Regulate Police Use

Despite widespread use, chemical agents sold for police purposes aren't monitored by any federal agency.

Terry J. Allen

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Texas Covid-19 Massacre

In the face of coronavirus, the nation's largest prison system refused to release prisoners or take recommended health precautions.

Marie Gottschalk

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The National Guard Crushes Protests Just Like the Military Does

Democratic mayors and governors who oppose Trump's threat to send in the military should take their own advice and end National Guard deployments.

Sarah Lazare

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In Minneapolis, Cops Were Kicked Out of Schools. Cities in 7 Other States Could Soon Follow Suit.

Activists around the country are rallying for #PoliceFreeSchools.

Indigo Olivier

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Tear Gas Is Banned in International Warfare––Why Are Police Using It On U.S. Civilians?

Police say they're using tear gas to clear crowds, but the chemical agent's effects can cause long-term physical damage.

Janea Wilson