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Neoliberals Are Taking All the Wrong Lessons From Conor Lamb’s Victory

Lamb ran as an anti-establishment, labor-backed candidate who defended the welfare state. To keep winning, Democrats will need to embrace a bold, redistributive program.

Kate Aronoff

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Trump Is Handing the State Department Over from Exxon Mobil to the Tea Party

The likely next Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is a Koch-funded, far-right ideologue who supports torture, denies climate change, disparages Muslims and sounds thirsty for war.

Stephen Zunes

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If We Want to Support Refugees, We Need To End the Wars That Create Them

The sanctuary movement needs an anti-war voice.

Azadeh Shahshahani and Maha Hilal

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This Progressive New Mexican Could Become the First Native-American Woman in Congress

Deb Haaland is running on a platform of Medicare-for-all, marijuana decriminalization, and renewable energy.

Kate Aronoff

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This Is the Best Chance Yet to Stop the U.S. War on Yemen. Where Are the Major Human Rights Orgs?

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are declining to take a formal position against the U.S.-backed Saudi war on Yemen.

Sarah Lazare

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Now Is America’s Chance To Stop Waging Brutal War on Yemen

A new bipartisan bill offers an opportunity to withdraw U.S. support for a devastating military onslaught.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

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First Silicon Valley Sold You Social Media. Now It’s Trying to Sell You the Antidote.

It turns out that selling solutions to problems created by the tech industry presents a tremendous business opportunity.

Julianne Tveten

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Landlords, Your Lease Is Up: A New Movement for Rent Control Is Spreading Across the U.S.

Tenant activists, local unions, community organizations and socialists are leading campaigns to regulate rents and weaken the market's grip on housing.

Rebecca Burns

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It’s Never Been About the Second Amendment. It’s About Corporate Profits.

Our bought-and-paid-for politicians only hold the Constitution sacred when it aligns with corporate interests—like gun sales.

Leonard C. Goodman

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How a Small City in Pennsylvania Became A White Nationalist Target

Energized by Trump, outright white supremacists are moving from the fringes into active roles in local Pennsylvania politics.

Michael Deibert

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What Italy’s “Potere al Popolo” Can Teach Us About Building a Popular Party of the Left

This party is rejecting the false choice between a Europe united under the misery of austerity, or one united under the horrors of racism and bigotry.

Valentina Dallona

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Chicago’s Far South Side Is Finally Getting a Train—And It’s Thanks to Decades of Organizing

Residents hope the transit extension will shorten commutes and bring much-needed jobs.

Patrick Corley

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When It Comes to the Fake News Scourge, Russia Doesn’t Hold a Candle to U.S. Conservative Media

The panic over Russian interference obscures the fact that fake news has always been with us—it’s just been pushed by the American Right.

Branko Marcetic

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While Democrats Call for Gun Control at Home, They Push Deadly Arms Deals Abroad

To seriously address the scourge of gun violence, we must oppose U.S. militarism around the globe. Many leading Democrats haven’t gotten the message.

Adam Johnson

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The FBI Questioned a Black Man About Racist Extremists in Charlottesville—Now He Could Go to Prison

Authorities are arresting and charging anti-racist demonstrators for events connected to the Unite the Right rally, even though it was white supremacists who unleashed violence on the town.

Michael Arria

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The People of Honduras Do Not Owe Obedience to an Imposed Government

Despite brutal repression, the people of Honduras have resisted the U.S.-backed dictatorship since the 2009 coup d’état.

Melissa Cardoza

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INVESTIGATION: The Troubled History of the Fund Tapped for Rahm’s Controversial Cop Academy

$20 million in West Side TIF money for job creation has sat unspent, and another $36 million was "ported" to other districts. Now more than $10 million is being used for a police academy that will create only 100 temporary jobs.

Rebecca Burns

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Beyond Hollywood: Domestic Workers Say #MeToo

Ai-jen Poo on how a new women’s movement is building—from house cleaners to Hollywood stars

Jessica Stites

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“Marriage and Love Have Nothing In Common”: Emma Goldman on Romance and Sexual Freedom

The anarchist, labor organizer and rabble rouser Emma Goldman published this essay, "Marriage and Love," in 1914.

Emma Goldman

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Lorde Took a Stand for Palestinian Rights. Now an Israeli Organization Is Suing Her Fans.

Lawsuit against two New Zealand citizens is a test case for Israel's draconian anti-BDS legislation.

Alex Kane

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Can the Democratic Party’s Left Flank Win in 2018? This Illinois Primary Could Be a Bellwether

Progressive challenger Marie Newman is hoping to shock the political establishment by unseating House Rep. Dan Lipinski, a conservative Democrat and longtime incumbent.

Daniel Moattar

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This Former NFL Player Is Running on a Progressive Agenda to Flip a Red District in Texas

Former linebacker Colin Allred is hoping to take out Republican Rep. Pete Sessions by campaigning on Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and automatic voter registration. But first, he will have to win the upcoming Democratic primary.

Kate Aronoff

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How the Red Scare Shaped the Artificial Distinction Between Migrants and Refugees

Our modern-day definitions of displaced people emerged during the Cold War as a product of anti-communism.

Sarah Lazare

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“We Have the People”: Bernie Sanders Responds to Trump’s SOTU Speech

The progressive Vermont senator rebukes Trump as a compulsively dishonest bully “trying to divide us up based on the color of our skin, our nation of origin, our religion, our gender, or our sexual orientation.”

Bernie Sanders