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The RNC Shows the GOP’s Base Is Getting Smaller and Angrier

Conservatives, once a self-proclaimed "silent majority," have become a loud, defensive minority.

Theo Anderson

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Will Pokémon Go Help Activism Evolve?

Some activist groups are using the new app to organize, while others are more skeptical.

Kate Aronoff

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RNC Day 1: The Real World, Cleveland

Reality TV star Donald Trump brings his show to Cleveland, where the GOP party faithful are plotting to vote Hillary Clinton off the island.

Theo Anderson

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Disappointed By the Democratic Party Platform? Follow the Money.

Several delegates to the platform drafting committee have deep financial ties to conservative industries.

Branko Marcetic

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Meet Chris Antal, the U.S. Army Chaplain Who Resigned Over the Drone Program

'We have morally disengaged, outsourcing our killing, forgetting that the bloodshed is on our hands too.'

Branko Marcetic

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How to Make the Democratic Party Platform Actually Matter

Bernie Sanders’ delegates have shaped the most progressive platform ever. History shows what it takes to turn that into policy.

Maurice Isserman

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Blair to Bush on Day After 9/11: “Co-opt” Sympathy for the U.S. to Support Military Action

Declassified communications from the U.K. to the U.S. show the depth of Blair's commitment to toppling Saddam Hussein.

Branko Marcetic

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Many Pro-Bernie Groups Don’t Want Trump But Still Don’t Trust Clinton. Here’s Their Plan.

Sanders may have endorsed Clinton, but the groups supporting him are plotting a fight for progressive policies far beyond the 2016 election

Ethan Corey

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The Progressive Platform Gains Are Significant—But The Political Revolution Isn’t Stopping There

Now that Sanders has declared his support for Clinton, a senior Sanders campaign advisor maps the road ahead.

Larry Cohen

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Michelle Alexander: Amidst Police Brutality, ‘There’s an Unfinished Revolution Waiting to be Won’

We need a profound shift in consciousness to challenge an entrenched system of racial and social control.

Michelle Alexander

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The War We Forgot To End: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?

President Obama just announced he's keeping 8,400 troops in Afghanistan—but it's time for the U.S. to withdraw fully.

Eli Massey

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After Alton Sterling and Philando Castile: How the System Punishes Protesters and Protects Police

Police in Minnesota and Louisiana have their own "bill of rights" that can shield officers from accountability for fatal shootings.

Adeshina Emmanuel

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What I Saw at the Summit

The People’s Summit wasn’t perfect—but it was a start.

Bhaskar Sunkara

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While You’re Busy Mocking Abigail Fisher, the Powerful Racist Forces Behind Her Are Getting a Pass

It might feel good to mock "Becky with the bad grades," but focusing on her lets the real power players in her anti-affirmative action case off the hook.

Jon Booth

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Betraying Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP and Israel Occupation

Appointees by Hillary Clinton and Debbie Wasserman-Schulz resoundingly rejected proposals put forth by Bernie Sanders surrogates.

Lauren McCauley

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Michel Foucault, Neoliberalism and the Failures of the Left

Rather than criticizing and working against the rise of a free market-oriented liberalism, sociologist Daniel Zamora argues that Foucault was actually somewhat sympathetic to it.

Daniel Zamora and Dave Zeglen

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The Brexit Vote and the Future of the European Union

We can only hope that common sense will prevail.

Jane Miller

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At the People’s Summit, Activists Plot How to Take Bernie Sanders’ Revolution Down Ballot

Participants are looking to carry their momentum on to local races around the country.

Simon Davis-Cohen

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How Union Contracts Shield Police Departments from DOJ Reforms

Even when the federal government cracks down on police abuses, collective bargaining agreements often stymie reforms.

Adeshina Emmanuel

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Democrats Say Superdelegates Have Never Decided An Election. In 1984, They Thought the Opposite.

A review of newspaper reports from 1984 shows that Democratic officials believed the superdelegate system had "virtually assured" the nomination for the establishment candidate.

Branko Marcetic

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Looking for the Left in Argentina

Why haven’t President Mauricio Macri’s economic reforms faced the same sort of public resistance that was seen around Argentina’s 2001 economic crisis?

Graciela Monteagudo

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The Left Must Put Refugees and Migration at the Heart of Its Politics

Mathew Carr rebukes Europe's inhumane and fear-fueled response to the refugee crisis.

Tom Ladendorf

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Breaking the Cycle of Violence in South Sudan: An Interview with Nick Turse

Journalist Nick Turse characterizes the situation in South Sudan, and how American policy has shaped the world's newest nation.

Marc Daalder

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The Unintended Consequences of a Brexit

On June 23, British voters will decide if Britain will leave the EU—but either option carries serious economic and social consequences.

Jeff Faux