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The International Precariat
Foreign correspondents like James Foley, abducted in Syria, are at the most dangerous edge of the freelance economy.
Jeremy Gantz
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Didn’t Watch the Super Bowl? You Still Got Charged
4 ways everyone in America pays a Sports Tax, including $1 billion a year to the NFL.
David Sirota
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Ignore the Conservative Sideshow
The only deficit we should be worrying about is the gap between rich and poor.
David Moberg
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Time for Democrats to Pay Their Dues
For too long organized labor has failed to ask the Dems, 'Which side are you on?'
James Thindwa
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Who Owns The World?
In a new book, Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian deconstruct the notion of a declining United States.
Noam Chomsky
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Immigration Reform Prevents Employer Abuse
America must hold employers accountable for baiting immigrants, then exploiting them.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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In Israel’s Elections, a Star Is Born
After a surprise showing, will centrist Yair Lapid put his new clout behind peace?
Ralph Seliger
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Santa Claus-ifying Martin Luther King, Jr.
When the U.S. military tweets MLK quotes, you know things have gotten bad--for the military.
David Sirota
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Read My Lips: Yes, New Taxes
The EU has passed a financial transaction tax. What's America waiting for?
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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Reforming Immigration? Don’t Forget About Workers
The United States must remain the land of opportunity.
Amy Dean
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Disaster Capitalism Hits New York
The city will adapt to flooding—but at the expense of the poor?
Arun Gupta
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Sports Authority
Where sports and politics collide.
Mike Elk
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Time to Move Beyond the Board
If a year’s work can be undone in a day, is the NLRB simply too weak?
Richard D. Kahlenberg and Moshe Z. Marvit
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The President of Perpetual War
Obama's dovish rhetoric doesn't match reality.
David Sirota
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#MLK Day
How our 140-character culture re-narrated Dr. King's thinking.
Jason Adams
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Obama’s Progressive Agenda: Missing a Main Ingredient
Stonewall, Selma and Seneca Falls got inaugural shout-outs--but one movement went unsung.
James Thindwa
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Watch Out, Grandma!
The latest scheme to 'fix the debt' by breaking Social Security.
Joel Bleifuss
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What Wal-Mart and Lance Armstrong Have in Common
After scandals, Armstrong and Wal-Mart seek redemption without remorse.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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Progressive Democrats: Inside and Outside
Activists and progressive Democrats met this week to set their agenda for the next four years.
Cole Stangler
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Why Abortion Is a Labor Issue
Can unions team with feminists to create an 'American Spring?'
Linda Gordon
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Staying in the Loophole
ITT visits a gun show.
Louis Nayman
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The Second Amendment vs. the First
Alex Jones' now infamous meltdown on CNN teaches us two important lessons about gun control.
David Sirota
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Programmed for Primetime
For policy wonks, politics no longer computes.
Bhaskar Sunkara
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Christopher Hitchens Stands Trial
With great vim and gusto, a new book dissects the ever-controversial Christopher Hitchens.
Gregory Shupak
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