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A New Deal for Wall Street: Trump’s Plans for Mass Privatization Are a Colossal Giveaway to the 1%
Trump wants to sell off our infrastructure—and Democrats helped pave the way.
Rebecca Burns
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The South Korean Government Tried to Ban This Peace Activist. Here’s What She Has to Say.
Christine Ahn calls for a real end to the Korean War—and for women to lead the way to peace.
Sarah Lazare
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Meet the Organizers Pursuing a Progressive Takeover of the Republican Party
‘Brand New Congress’ is going after red states and Republican voters with left populism.
Theo Anderson
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Missouri Republicans Are Waging a Trump-Style War Against Women
Opponents of abortion rights are escalating their crusade at the state level.
Victoria Albert
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Your Personal Consumption Choices Can’t Save the Planet: We Have to Confront Capitalism
To stave off disaster, we must transform the economic system driving climate change.
Kate Aronoff
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Bernie 2020? Sanders’ Return to Iowa Fuels Speculation of Another Presidential Bid.
Sanders hasn't stopped railing against billionaires and the ruling class—and he's not denying the possibility of another presidential run.
David Goodner
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Toss Out Your Milquetoast Campaign Slogans: It’s Time to Build Power
To win elections, People's Action is mobilizing from the grassroots.
Theo Anderson
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California Gov. Jerry Brown Is Backing a Climate Bill Full of Giveaways to Polluters
Regulators say the measure would make it impossible to meet the state's greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030.
Kate Aronoff
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Holding Your Ground Against Austerity: Lessons from the Illinois Budget Deal
Progressive movements didn't back down in the face of a right-wing ideologue.
Amisha Patel
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A New Study Shows Hillary Clinton’s Hawkishness May Have Cost Her the Election
The lesson for Democrats is clear: Embrace a strong anti-war program.
Branko Marcetic
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‘Police Chose the Klan Over Our People’: On Resisting Racism in Charlottesville
When the KKK came to this city, communities mobilized for collective self-defense. Police were not on their side.
Sarah Jaffe
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The Right Calls Climate Change a Leap of Faith. But Denial Is a Leap into the Abyss.
Climate change presents us with an existential challenge: Can humans muster the political will to save ourselves?
Theo Anderson
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Not Your Sacrifice Zone: In Lead-Poisoned East Chicago, Residents Fight for Their Health and Homes
A public housing development was built on the site of a lead smelter. Now, residents are demanding justice.
Kaela Bamberger
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Why Disabled People Are Putting Their Bodies on the Line to Protest Healthcare Cuts
A conversation with Bruce Darling, an organizer with disability justice group ADAPT.
Sarah Jaffe
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Arundhati Roy: We Must Globalize Dissent
Radical alternatives to empire must come from the ground up—and traverse borders.
Arundhati Roy
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Naomi Klein: We Need A Plan, Not A Brand
The author speaks on Corbyn, Trump, climate change, and the “hollow branding” that got us here.
Kate Aronoff
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The Problem With Centrism Is That It Might Get Us All Killed
Going ‘back to the center’ and curbing climate change are mutually exclusive.
Kate Aronoff
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Can Indiana Be the Stronghold of the Resistance? This Organizer Thinks So.
Jesse Myerson is one of many trying to build a new progressive base in the country's heartland.
Sarah Jaffe
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London’s Grenfell Disaster is An Indictment of Austerity
The fire’s victims were caught in the crosshairs of public cuts and a housing crisis.
Amar Diwakar
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The Police State Can Come After Trump Protesters, But It Can’t Make Them Cooperate
Facing up to 75 years in prison, 135 Inauguration Day protesters are refusing to collaborate with the prosecution.
Sarah Lazare
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‘I Must Mourn’: Frederick Douglass on the Meaning of July 4th to the Slave
These words, spoken in 1852, are relevant to modern U.S. society mired in the legacies of slavery and racist brutality.
Frederick Douglass
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Meet the Activists Still Fighting the Anti-Woman Legacy of Bill Clinton’s Welfare Reform
Why welfare activists are throwing their weight behind the RISE Out of Poverty Act.
Sarah Jaffe
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What the Single-Payer Loss Reveals About the Role of Corporate Money in California Politics
The chair of the California Democratic Party’s progressive caucus explains how it went down.
Theo Anderson
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5 Roadblocks to Reform in Chicago’s Police Union Contract
Critics say the city's agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police makes it more difficult to investigate and punish abuses.
In These Times and City Bureau
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