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Noam Chomsky: The Real ‘Grave Threat’ to World Peace Isn’t Iran—It’s the U.S.

The longtime leftist intellectual on the absurdity of American opposition to the Iran deal.

Noam Chomsky

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: The U.S. Military Is in Africa—But What Is It Doing There?

Journalist Nick Turse discusses his new book, Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa.

Marc Daalder

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Even One of the Koch Brothers Thinks We Need To End Corporate Welfare

Charles Koch argued for an end to preferential treatment for corporations—but did he mean it?

David Sirota

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Iran and the Myth of Anti-Semitism

Iranian rhetoric isn't anti-Semitic—it's anti-Zionist.

Roy Isacowitz

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The Amazing Plasticity of American Statecraft

Think of Washington as a poker player that gets dealt a hand consisting of half the deck: no matter how sloppily and stupidly it plays its cards, it is hard for it to lose.

Chase Madar

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How the Government Fast-Tracked Shell’s Arctic Drilling

After Royal Dutch Shell's mishaps in the Arctic in 2012, the Obama administration indicated a major rethink of the approval process was in order—but instead, Shell got another rubber stamp.

Kamil Ahsan

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A New Poll Has Bernie Sanders Leading Hillary Clinton by 7 Percent in the New Hampshire Primary

New Hampshire seems to be feeling the Bern.

Marc Daalder

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They Voted ‘No’ to Austerity. They Got ‘Yes’ Anyway. What Do Greeks Think About Tsipras Now?

We asked Athenians on the street how they feel about the Syriza leader's acceptance of the EU's terms and the lean times ahead.

Tomás Lynch

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Feticide Laws Are Disproportionately Used Against Women of Color

Purvi Patel's 20-year prison sentence for a miscarriage is part of a larger pattern.

Rachelle Hampton

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Bernie Sanders Speaks to 28,000 People in Portland, While Hillary Hosts $2,700-a-Head Fundraiser

The contrast between candidates could not be more stark.

Zaid Jilani, Alternet

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The Union Behind the Biggest Campaign Against Walmart in History May Be Throwing in the Towel. Why?

With major cuts rumored, the future of the campaign against America's largest private employer is uncertain.

David Moberg

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Yes, ‘Diary of a Teenage Girl’ Is Empowering. No, Having Sex with Your Stepdaughter Is Not Okay.

The film is rightly being cheered for showing a 15-year-old girl claiming sexual power. But the film—and its rave reviews—sometimes shy away from how rape culture and patriarchy can pervert that claim.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Is Climate Change Causing Pre-traumatic Stress Disorder in Millennials?

Today's youth are coming of age in the age of extinction

Martin de Bourmont and Dayton Martindale

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A Year Post-Ferguson, the Nation’s Youngest and Boldest Movement Debates Reform vs. Revolution

A firsthand report from Cleveland at the first-ever Movement for Black Lives national strategy session.

Rachelle Hampton

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When Detained Immigrant Children Got Adult Dose of Hep A Vaccine, Mothers Objected, To No Avail

250 children at the Dilley, Texas, detention center were improperly vaccinated, even when mothers showed proof of prior vaccinations

Joseph Sorrentino

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It’s Not (Just) a Joking Matter: Why Last Night’s GOP Debate Should Terrify the Left

The race to the right has never been this swift.

Marc Daalder

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We Watched the GOP Debate So You Didn’t Have To. Here Are All the Ridiculous Things That Were Said.

A crib sheet on Thursday evening's exhibition for everyone too busy (or too terrified) to watch

Darlena Cunha

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Suddenly, Hillary Clinton Is a Critic of the TPP

After years of support for the trade deal, Clinton has seemingly backed off, as part of her newfound populism.

David Sirota

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Scott Walker Is a Dictator-In-Waiting

Scott Walker 101: Pick fights. Smear and scapegoat opponents. Punish the defeated. Escalate.

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

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Lessons from Tonkin and Libya: We Need a President Who Won’t Trick Us Into War

Deception about Libya--and possibly Syria as well--descends from Vietnam-era policies. Both major parties are guilty. Where do the 2016 candidates stand?

Stephen R. Weissman

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Jose Antonio Vargas on White People, Trump and Bernie Sanders’ Black Lives Matter Problem

The undocumented documentarian discusses why white Americans—including presidential candidates—have trouble talking about race.

Karen Gwee

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Remembering Michael Harrington, A Heroic Democratic Socialist Leader

The vision of the socialist organizer, who died on this day in 1989, remains inspiring.

Maurice Isserman

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ICE May Be Forced to Cease Inhumane Family Detention; Migrant Advocates Cheer Court Ruling

A California judge affirmed that it's illegal to detain children—and ordered their mothers released, too

Joseph Sorrentino

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Iowans Join 100,000 at Bernie Sanders House Parties Across the Country Last Night

Attendees at parties across Iowa say that Bernie is "the guy we need right now."

David Goodner