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The Violent Silence of a New Beginning

The Occupy protests are important, but soon the difficult question must be answered: What social organization can replace capitalism?

Slavoj Žižek

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Will Obama’s Job Plan Save His?

Obama's proposed jobs bill is doomed—but it could help secure re-election.

David Moberg

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A Border of Cruelty

A new report ties migrants' deaths to U.S. policies and abusive federal agents.

Patrick Glennon

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Twenty Years Ago, Today

Anita Hill's testimony sparked the feminist climate of the 1990s. Now it's time to talk about women and class.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Zombie Lobbyists Occupy Washington

Swarms of money-hungry corporate gladhands fight over the brains of our elected leaders in the nation's capital.

Beau Hodai

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A Brave New World

Occupy Wall Street isn't perfect, but protesters' efforts to bridge America's normal divides are remarkable.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Occupy Wall Street Welcomes Solidarity—But Stays Leaderless

In Liberty Plaza Park, unions are one of many groups who can join the struggle against corporatism.

J.A. Myerson

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SlutWalk NYC: Real Empowerment, Corsets and All

The SlutWalk movement is not the future of feminism. That doesn't mean it's not important.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Talking Class, ‘Chavs’ and Riots

Young author Owen Jones believes the Left has ignored class divides for too long.

Jane Miller

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Occupy Wall Street: Creating Political Change?

The occupation of Zuccotti Park is an experiment in direct democracy.

Emily Manuel

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A New Model to Bank On

With credit still tight around the country, support for new public state banks is growing.

David Moberg

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Corporations Are Not People

A movement builds to fight corporate rule and amend the Constitution.

Joel Bleifuss

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Are Jobs on Their Way to Becoming Obsolete?

And is that a good thing, as Douglas Rushkoff recently suggested?

Sarah Jaffe

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U.S. Drug Shortage: Big Pharma, Big Phuck-Up

An under-regulated industry collapses in on itself; the sick pay the price.

Terry J. Allen

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9/11 and the American Dream

Given the erosion of civil liberties since 9/11, is coming to America still worth the journey?

Andrew Lam

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Black and Blue Chicago

A recent spate of police shootings of African Americans underscores longstanding mutual distrust.

Salim Muwakkil

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Exclusion Zones

Policing public space—with deadly results—in Portland, Ore.

Kristian Williams

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Turning Strategy into Victory

How CODEPINK convinced America's mayors to adopt their first antiwar resolution since the Vietnam War.

Dana Balicki

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Obama’s Illegal Assaults

How once-controversial ‘war on terror’ tactics became the new normal.

Glenn Greenwald

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Fighting the Firings

After years of 'silent raids' and federal workplace audits, unions and community allies are going on the offensive.

David Bacon

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Save Our Schools

Student organizers with Save Our SUNY are fighting austerities—new and old—in New York state’s higher ed system.

James Cersonsky

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Global Land Grab

Fear of unrest and hunger for profit are sparking massive acquisitions of farmland.

Terry J. Allen

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What Wisconsin Means

On a 96-year-old labor journalist and burning down the forest.

Mike Elk

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Working on a Dream

Activist Van Jones explains how progressives can best the Tea Party.

Aaron Krager