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Climate Change and the Deportation Machine: A Match Forged In Hell, Hurricane Harvey Edition
Undocumented Texans in Hurricane Harvey's path face a horrifying choice: deportation or risk of death.
Kate Aronoff
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Challenging the “White Ally” Model: To Defeat Racism, We All Need to Dismantle Racial Capitalism
White people must stand alongside us on the front lines.
Rafael Diaz
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Towards a Broad Left Front Against Fascism
Now is the time to unify against a dangerous force—not smear people taking antifascist action.
Stanislav Vysotsky
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Locking Kids in Jail for Misbehavior Isn’t Just Unfair—It’s Abuse
Banal adolescent misbehavior is too often labeled a serious crime.
Michelle Chen
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With Afghanistan Surge, Donald Trump Just Took Ownership of the Forever War
Monday's announcement shows Trump will continue the same failed strategies of his predecessor.
Seelai Popal
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If Nixon Went to China, Trump Can Go to North Korea
As a candidate, Trump promised a new policy toward North Korea—but now he's beating the drums of war.
John Feffer
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Don’t Coddle Liberal Politicians Like Kamala Harris—History Shows They Should Be Pressured
While some media commentators want to shield Democrats from criticism, holding politicians’ feet to the fire is a longtime successful tradition on the U.S. Left.
Branko Marcetic
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No Excuses for a Racist Murderer: W.E.B. DuBois on the Legacy of Robert E. Lee
Historian and civil rights organizer, W.E.B. DuBois, wrote this short essay in 1928.
W.E.B. DuBois
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Toward a Real Racial Justice Platform for the Political Revolution
A conversation with Nina Turner, president of Our Revolution.
Sarah Jaffe
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When You Live In a Colony, You Are Easy Meat: Guam In the Crosshairs of Warmongering
Escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea directly threaten the people of Guam.
Julian Aguon
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The Climate Movement’s New Battle Cry
100 percent renewable—we can’t settle for less.
Bill McKibben
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Nausea After Charlottesville: A Reflection on Anti-Semitism
An incident in 1967 in a small town in New Jersey shows how difficult it is to heal the deep wounds of hatred.
Jonathan Kalb
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5 Things the Mainstream Media Missed About Charlottesville
We can't ignore the long history of white supremacist violence—and anti-fascist organizing.
Shane Burley and Alexander Reid Ross
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Trump Is Using Old Jim Crow Tactics to Usher in a New Era of Racist Violence
To defeat this administration's racist governance-by-suggestion, we need movements—not just policy.
Stephanie Guilloud and Emery Wright
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Meet the LGBTQ Prison Abolitionists Leading the Way to a Better World
For Black and Pink, relationship-building plays a critical role in countering the violence of prisons.
Sophie Drukman-Feldstein
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If You Support the Durham Freedom Fighters, Now Is the Time to Have Their Backs
Organizer Angaza Laughinghouse on the wave of retaliation following the toppling of a Confederate monument.
Sarah Jaffe
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Drawing Equivalencies Between Fascists and Anti-Fascists Is Not Just Wrong—It’s Dangerous
We must be very wary of any attempts to excuse or normalize white supremacy.
Stanislav Vysotsky
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One Rural County’s Battle to Stop a Pipeline From Slicing Through Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, Penn. is rising up against the $3 billion Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline.
Michael Deibert
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“Not Here, Not in My Town”: Charlottesville Black Lives Matter on Why We Must All Resist Fascism
A member of Black Lives Matter argues we must not ignore white supremacy: We must actively oppose it.
Sarah Lazare
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Everything TransCanada Didn’t Want Nebraska’s Regulators To Know About Keystone XL
Tribes and other anti-pipeline advocates say Big Money may have kept Nebraska's public service commission from hearing the whole story.
Kate Aronoff
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The U.S.-Occupied Colony In the Crosshairs of Trump’s Reckless Brinkmanship with North Korea
Guam's residents do not get to vote for U.S. president, but they are directly impacted by Trump's dangerous threats.
Carlos Ballesteros
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Generals and Cops Trained by the Pentagon Are Staging Coups All Over the World
U.S. trained and educated officers are toppling governments and expanding American proxy power.
Nick Turse
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Trump Promised to Revive Keystone XL—But TransCanada May Not Even Want to Build It Anymore
The fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline will be decided in hearings this week in Lincoln, Nebraska, but one question remains unanswered.
Kate Aronoff
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The Athletes, the Street Artists, the Troublemakers and the Ones Who Say “No”
Excavating the revolutionary history of the Southwest Youth Collaborative.
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