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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
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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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