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How Bernie Sanders Supporters are Organizing to Stop the TPP

As Obama gears up for a lame-duck push on the TPP, activists target U.S. House members at home.

Kate Aronoff

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Raising Hell in Arizona: Talia Fuentes Has a Plan to Revolutionize the Red State

The 31-year-old Berniecrat is running to represent Arizona's 5th Congressional District.

Theo Anderson

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I Think Hillary Clinton’s Politics Are Terrible. I’m Voting For Her So We Can Grow The Left.

Vote for the opponent you want.

Jesse Myerson

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The Left Is Under No Obligation To Support Hillary Clinton

Breaking the cycle of lesser evilism.

75 Members of the Democratic Socialists of America

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These Are the Ballot Measures To Pay Attention To If You’re a Progressive

Key initiatives cover marijuana, plastic bags, the minimum wage, healthcare, campaign finance and election reforms.

Theo Anderson

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Why We Should Be Very Worried About All the Neocons Flocking to Hillary Clinton

The GOP is falling apart—and the Democrats may end up the preferred party of foreign policy hawks.

John Feffer

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Why The Left Doesn’t Want A Carbon Tax (Or at Least Not This One)

The battle over a Washington state ballot initiative previews the future of the climate debate.

Kate Aronoff

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Trump May Not Be a Russian Pawn—But That Doesn’t Make His Putin-philia Any Less Concerning

Putin has a characteristic and consistent way of making trouble for the United States: backing the far right.

Todd Gitlin

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The Democrats Abandon the White Working Class to Trump At Their Own Peril

The idea that the working class is a lost cause becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for the Democratic Party.

Theo Anderson

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Police Are Still Getting Surplus Army Gear—and They’re Using it to Crack Down on Standing Rock

The armored vehicles used during mass arrests of water protectors last week likely came from a controversial Defense Department program.

Seth Kershner

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Lone Star Uprising: Texas is Turning Blue. But There’s a Lot More to the Story Than That.

Demographic changes are transforming the state’s economy, creating serious challenges to its economic prowess.

Theo Anderson

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Affordable Housing is Vanishing. These Ballot Initiatives Could Help Stem the Crisis.

This November, voters in cities including Baltimore, San Francisco and LA will decide on measures that could fund more affordable units and improve services for the homeless.

Rachel M. Cohen

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Donald Trump’s Energy Adviser Doesn’t Know How Electricity Works

And other takeaways from yesterday's debate between Clinton and Trump’s energy advisers.

Kate Aronoff

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Remembering Tom Hayden (1939-2016): My Friend and a Lifelong Change Maker

The activist and lawmaker leaves behind a life worth studying.

Richard Flacks

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Voices from the Movement for Native Lives

Advocates talk about the country's "silent, comfortable genocide."

Stephanie Woodard

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In “Fleabag,” TV Finally Gives Us a Female Anti-Hero to Love

The six-part British series shows us a self-destructive, bitter, angry young woman and trusts that we will care about her pain.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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The Luxury of Opting Out of This Election

People whose livelihoods can turn with an election can't afford to wait for a third party to rescue them.

James Thindwa

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Neither Clinton Nor Trump Is the Great Pumpkin

On the 50th anniversary of the Charlie Brown classic, politics reminds us that hope isn’t always an asset.

Theo Anderson

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Trump’s Right: The Election Is Rigged. But He’s Wrong About Who’s Rigging It.

There’s a reason people feel unheard in American democracy.

Kate Aronoff

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“Pussy Grabs Back” Organizers React to Debate, Plan Ahead Post-Election

Defeating Trump is No. 1. But holding a Clinton administration accountable to the left is a close second.

Kate Aronoff

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In Raging Battle for North Carolina, Progressives Push Back

The state seems to sum up both the worst and the best of American politics.

Theo Anderson

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3 Reasons To Be Worried About the Blackstone Group—and Their Friend, Hillary Clinton

Leaked emails show Clinton’s advisers sought to “develop a real relationship with" the controversial private equity firm.

Branko Marcetic

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Could a Socialist Plot Save the Planet?

Nationalization could slow the climate crisis. But email leaks show how hard a sell it will be to a Clinton administration.

Kate Aronoff

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Dump Trump, Defeat Racism and Misogyny, Build the Left

An open letter to the Left

47 Grassroots Organizers