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In Iraq and Beyond, U.S. Foreign Policy is Based On Complete Fallacies

How can we ever hope for a sane foreign policy in the Middle East when America's bedrock assumptions about the region are completely wrong?

Andrew J. Bacevich

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The Dismantling of Medicaid

Once considered one of the crowning achievements of The Great Society, Medicaid is now being steadily chipped away—and patients are suffering because of it.

Michael Collins

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Dozens of Activists Arrested in Battle Against a Fracking “Gateway Drug” in New York

Residents of New York's Finger Lakes argue that gas projects would spell ecological and economic disaster for the region.

Molly Bennet

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Should We Trust Him? The Mixed Results of Obama’s Past Immigrant Relief Measures

Past executive actions for undocumented immigrants under the president's administration haven't always delivered.

Yana Kunichoff

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Journalists Aren’t Covering Local Elections. Our Democracy Is Suffering Because of It.

What if you held an election and nobody showed up to cover it? Americans now know the answer: elections with lots of paid ads but little journalism, context or objective facts.

David Sirota

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Elizabeth Warren Needs to Run for President—Even If She Doesn’t Want To

She's the only one who can save the Democrats from themselves.

Ian Reifowitz

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Loan Servicer Busted for Backdating, But Foreclosure Victims Say Shenanigans Haven’t Stopped

Ocwen Financial feels your pain.

Joel Sucher

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A Tale of Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal

In the new Detroit, a small number of wealthy residents are protected by private security and constant surveillance while the city's black majority struggles to maintain access to water.

Laura Gottesdiener

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Whether Darren Wilson Is Indicted or Not, the Entire System Is Guilty

An indictment of the Ferguson police officer who killed Michael Brown would not prove that black lives matter in America.

Mariame Kaba

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The Real Winner of the Midterms: Wall Street

The crop of newly elected politicians from last week's elections are likely to increase profits for banks while further cutting public sector workers' pensions.

David Sirota

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Chicago Progressives’ Midterms Performance Actually Wasn’t That Bad

Far from wringing their hands about last week's election's implications, Chicago progressives should take heart at their performance.

Marilyn Katz

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Interstellar Has Great Visuals and a Bad Case of Christopher Nolan Disease

A guy with a dead wife nobly pursues the blowing up of cool shit, in a universe based on iffy science. Sound familiar?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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With Net Neutrality, Obama Finally Takes a Principled Stand

By calling for the reclassification of broadband as a utility, the president has opened the lanes for a truly free and open Internet.

Mark Stanley

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Chicago Progressive Groups Aim to End Rahm Emanuel’s City Council Stranglehold

Two Chicago coalitions are working to elect progressive candidates in the 2015 elections—and build an enduring movement.

Kari Lydersen

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The Best Way to Celebrate Veterans Day? Stop Thanking the Troops

A former Army Ranger says he doesn't want to be thanked for his service—he wants politicians to stop sending young soldiers off to die.

Rory Fanning

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Imagining a World After Capitalism

Activists and organizers gather in Detroit to discuss work and culture beyond the free market framework.

H Kapp-Klote

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The Democrats Need a Shot in the Arm

Republicans pulled together in the midterms to continue waging war on workers, the planet and democracy. Democrats ran from each other. The results shouldn't surprise us.

David Moberg

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Reagan and Gorbachev Didn’t Tear Down the Berlin Wall

Don't be fooled by the mainstream narrative: The 1989 revolutions weren't just byproducts of extraordinary historical circumstances. Change happens when activists seize a moment and escalate.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

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Mainstream Media’s Unsurprising Advice for Dems: Move Further to the Right

Even at a time of voters' clear desire for strong progressive policies, the advice is the same as always.

Peter Hart and Jim Naureckas

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How Did Minnesota Stay Blue in the Midterms? By Embracing, Not Running From, Progressive Values

Minnesota bucked the nationwide swing to the right. The national Democratic Party could learn a few things from how they did it.

Jacob Wheeler

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Do the Midterms Spell a GOP Takeover in 2016? Not in the Slightest.

Tuesday's elections did not necessarily portend a huge swing to the right by the American people.

David Sirota

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Americans Clearly Aren’t Buying into Democrats’ Empty Economic Promises

The Democrats have failed to put forward a program that offers real improvement in the average person's life.

Dean Baker

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Bruce Rauner Will Run Illinois Like His Businesses. That Should Terrify Us. (Updated)

The Republican candidate for governor is a billionaire private equity mogul whose legacy in business leadership has been vicious and vindictive.

David Moberg

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How Can We Get More Women In Elected Office? Look to New Hampshire.

The Granite State is poised to become the first state in the U.S. to achieve gender parity in elected office. Here's how they did it.

Rebecca Hellmich