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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
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What Happens When an Ayn Rand Devotee Runs a Public School System? Just Ask Chicago.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool has spent his career putting free-market ideology over the needs of workers, teachers and students.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
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Leaked Emails Show Hillary Clinton Would Likely Continue the Worst Parts of Obama’s Economic Legacy
Confirming progressives' suspicions, Clinton is shown hewing to the center on banking and entitlements.
Branko Marcetic
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Trump Backers Who Said Bill Clinton’s Sex Life Ruined the Country Are Now Standing By Their Man
Politicians and pundits who waxed poetic about Bill Clinton’s illicit sex apparently see no problem with Trump's behavior.
Theo Anderson
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Hey, Pundits: Stop Blaming Millennials For Trump—They Aren’t the Ones Voting for Him
Journalists who pin the rise of Trump on falling civic education standards ignore that young people are the least likely to vote for him.
Adam Johnson
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The Syrian Kurds Need More Than Weapons—They Need Political Support
By providing weapons without diplomatic backing, the U.S. risks exacerbating tensions in both Turkey and Syria.
Patrick Lewis
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Trump Will Lose the Election. But He May Still Win the War.
Trump is laying groundwork for the long game. It isn’t clear Clinton has one.
Theo Anderson
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A New Godzilla for a New, Nationalistic Japan
"Shin Godzilla" sheds the monster's pacifist origins and shows a Japan eager to get out from under Washington's thumb.
Steve Ryfle
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What Millennials Thought of the 2nd Trump/Clinton Debate
"If Donald Trump and the GOP love America so much,” asks one, “then why do they hate so many Americans?”
Kate Aronoff
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An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton From a Chicago Teacher: Are You with Us?
Will you support the Chicago Teachers Union in our time of need, or will you stand with your friend Rahm Emanuel?
Katie Osgood
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Trump Is a Sexist Horrorshow—But Mike Pence Would Also Be a Terrible President for Women
While there’s no evidence Pence harasses women behind closed doors, he has waged a very public vendetta against them.
Kate Aronoff
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The Scott Walker Scandal Shows the Political Sewer Created by Citizens United
The pernicious effects are taking deep root and fostering cultures of corruption at all levels of government.
Theo Anderson
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From Gaza to Aleppo: A Handy Guide for Defending War Crimes
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bombing of civilian neighborhoods.
Stephen Zunes
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Hillary Clinton Is in Her Own Form of Climate Denial
New data show the need for much more aggressive policies.
Kate Aronoff
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Hillary Clinton’s Millennial Problem Is Because of Her Policies, Not Her Gender
If Clinton wants young people's votes, she needs to break with the status quo.
Kate Aronoff
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