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The Unlikely Alliance That Could Stop Keystone and Transform the Democratic Party

Natives and ranchers are teaming up to save their water and land from corporate takeover.

Kate Aronoff

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“These Disasters Aren’t Natural Anymore”: A Dispatch from Puerto Rico After Maria

A conversation with Xiomara Caro Diaz of the Center for Popular Democracy about the devastation wrought by climate change and austerity.

Kate Aronoff

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Lyin’ Ted Is Still Standing—But This Democrat Has a Bold Plan To Topple Him

Rep. Beto O’Rourke is aiming to topple Ted Cruz and pursue a progressive agenda in Texas.

Theo Anderson

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Want Proof that Corporate Money Influences Politicians? This New Study Has It.

It really is no coincidence that the members of Congress who receive the most money from Wall Street are also the most hands-off on regulating it.

Charles Austin

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When “Progressives” Make Palestinian Rights Taboo, They Are Coddling the Far Right

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa lost his spot on the gubernatorial ticket of Daniel Biss for refusing to condemn global movements for Palestinian human rights.

Rahul Saksena

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Socialism and Faygo: Why the DSA Is Down for the Struggalo

A conversation with Allison Hrabar of Metro D.C. DSA.

Sarah Jaffe

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The New GOP Plan to Repeal Obamacare Is Pure Destruction, or Trumpism In a Nutshell

Graham-Cassidy would repeal the ACA and gut Medicaid with no viable replacement—leaving millions of Americans without healthcare.

Josh Bivens and Hunter Blair

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We Can’t Fight Trump-Style Hate with the Surveillance State

"Life After Hate" has attracted widespread support as an anti-racist organization. Yet, the group has a troubling history of collaborating with Islamophobic "war on terror" federal programming.

Debbie Southorn

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The U.S.-Trained Warlords Committing Atrocities in Afghanistan

A village alleges dozens of civilian deaths at the hands of a single U.S.-trained strongman—just one example of the “Afghan special forces” to whom the U.S. has delegated its war.

May Jeong

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After Irma, Can Private Utilities Be Trusted to Rebuild?

There’s an opportunity post-Irma to revolutionize Florida’s power supply, but Big Energy is not likely to rise to the occasion.

Kate Aronoff

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The Equifax Hacking Scandal Is a Reminder That Credit-Reporting Agencies Are Not Our Friends

The hacking of personal information reveals a much deeper problem at the heart of the credit-reporting industry.

Mark Dunbar

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The Left’s Long History of Militant Resistance to Fascism

A conversation with historian Mark Bray about the origins of modern anti-fascist movements.

Sarah Jaffe

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Police Union Fought Reforms To Address Sexual Assault by Officers

An examination of lobbying records shine a light on the behind-the-scenes clout of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Adeshina Emmanuel

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Leftists to the Rescue: Where the State and Big NGOs Fail, Mutual Aid Networks Step In

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, solidarity-based, grassroots networks are helping Houston residents pick up the pieces.

Jared Ware

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In a Seismic Shift to the Left, Medicare for All Is Emerging as the New Democratic Party Consensus

The historic support for Bernie Sanders’ healthcare bill shows that single payer is becoming mainstream—with or without support of the party establishment.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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How Bad Politics and Bad Planning Make Hurricanes Even Worse

To prepare for the impacts of climate change, other cities must learn the lessons of Hurricane Harvey.

Ashley Dawson

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Single Payer Is on the National Agenda—And It’s Thanks to People’s Movements

It’s up to grassroots movements to demand—and win—the healthcare system we need.

Ben Palmquist

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The Only Real Solution to the “North Korea Crisis”: A Vibrant Anti-Imperialist Movement

The Okinawan people’s movement against U.S. militarism provides a roadmap for a radical, transnational resistance to war.

Lisa Torio

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A Left Strategy for Breaking the Power of Trump and His White-Supremacist Base

It's time for the anti-capitalist Left to bring the fight to the electoral arena.

Max Elbaum

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White Supremacist Violence Is All Too American

Whenever Black Americans make advances, they face a torrent of racist backlash.

Robert Greene II

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Salvador Allende’s Final Speech on Sept. 11, 1973

Chilean President Salvador Allende was the first democratically-elected Marxist president in Latin America. Here is his final speech before his death in the U.S.-backed coup by Augusto Pinochet.

Salvador Allende

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Afghan Refugees Rise Up Across Europe

Against the threat of deportation, refugees from Athens to Vienna are standing up for their rights.

Samira Shifteh, Suraia Sahar and Urooj Rahman

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Dolores Huerta: “The Resources of Our World Belong to the People and Not to Corporations”

A conversation with the feminist Latina labor leader at the center of a new documentary

Ed Rampell

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The Reverend Who Preached Against Hate While Nazis Marched on Her

Why Rev. Traci Blackmon went to Charlottesville.

Elizabeth Adetiba