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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

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An Open Letter To Naomi Wolf: Let Women Speak How They Please

Continually policing the ways women talk will further reduce them to silence.

Debbie Cameron

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Ta-Nehisi Coates, James Baldwin and the “Brawl of Ancestors”

Critics who simply claim that "Coates is no Baldwin" are ignoring what can be a comparison that allows us to understand both writers more deeply.

Andy Seal

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Kropotkin on the Hudson

A collective in Saugerties, New York, is trying to live by the teachings of 19th century Russian anarchist Pyotr Kropotkin.

Polly Howells

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Iranian Dissidents Explain Why They Support the Nuclear Deal

We know what politicians from the U.S. to Israel think about the Iran nuclear deal. How about asking some opponents of Iran's regime?

Danny Postel

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Underneath the Laughs, ‘Trainwreck’ Is Just Another Regressive Rom Com

For all its wit and unabashed vulgarity, Amy Schumer's film follows a tired formula

Eileen Jones

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Waiting for the Next Israeli Assault in Gaza

Before homes are even rebuilt in the ruins of the Gaza Strip, another war looms.

Max Blumenthal

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“Privatization is not the solution”: Michigan Activists Fight for Water Justice

A six-day march from Detroit to Flint by a coalition of community organizations recently protested issues of water justice facing Michigan residents.

Ashley Bohrer

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Laundromat Workers Air New York’s Dirty Laundry in Performance Piece

A new film/performance spotlights the often-invisible workers who fold the clothes, maintain the machines and know your secrets.

Michelle Chen

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Saqib Bhatti Debunks the Inevitability of Austerity in Detroit, Chicago and Around the Country

“The entire narrative has been shaped around the fact that you have to file bankruptcy, that it’s inevitable. ... That lets a whole class of people off the hook—the people who aren’t paying their fair share.”

Lillian Osborne

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Richard Nixon’s Blueprint for Twenty-First Century America

Why we still live in a Nixonian world.

Tom Engelhardt

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Richard Nixon: The Most Dangerous Man in America

The fall of Richard Nixon.

Tim Weiner

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Progressive Democrats of America Bring Movement Pressure to Dems Through Bernie Sanders Campaign

Thanks to social media campaigns and behind-the-scenes work from the Progressive Democrats of America, Sanders' chances at president have become a reality.

Theo Anderson

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Liberals Need to Admit the Moynihan Report Failed To Produce Progressive Reforms

The time for liberal apologetics for the report is long past overdue.

Daniel Geary

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The Vermont-New York Heroin-and-Guns Carousel That Can Make Dealers a 1,400% Profit

Shooting up in Vermont, shooting up New York.

Terry J. Allen

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How Amy Winehouse’s Pain Was Commodified

The new documentary AMY reveals how the media--and the men in her life--exploited Winehouse's mental illness, only to deify her after her death.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Our Real ‘Munich Moment’ Isn’t Over Negotiations with Iran—It’s on Climate Change

We are, indeed on the brink of global disaster, but not because of our negotiations with Iran.

Theo Anderson