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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
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Noam Chomsky: The Long, Shameful History of American Terrorism
President Obama should call our country's history of supporting insurgents abroad for what it is: U.S.-backed terrorism.
Noam Chomsky
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The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking
The battles over American history and censorship in Colorado are part of the longstanding cult of optimism on the Right.
Rick Perlstein
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How Ferguson’s Black Majority Can Take Control of Their City
Our analysis of the voting data shows that when only white people vote, only white people get elected.
Amaris Montes and Zack Avre
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8 Messaging Tips for Embattled Democrats from a Longtime Pollster
A seasoned pollster explains the message Dems should be hammering home for the upcoming elections to prevent a Republican landslide.
Vic Fingerhut
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The Vicious Attacks of GamerGate Are the Norm for Women on the Internet
A brief history of online violence against women.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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It’s Not Just Bigoted Cops—Ferguson Has Seen a Century of Racist Policies
Segregated cities like Ferguson, Missouri, don't just develop spontaneously. They are consciously created by people and institutions who have a stake in maintaining racial inequality.
Joshua Holland
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St. Louis University Occupation Ends, But Movement for Justice in Ferguson Continues
The spirit of Occupy Wall Street lived on in a weeklong campus occupation demanding justice for Michael Brown.
James Anderson
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Amy Poehler’s Radical Niceness
Reading Poehler's new book Yes Please is like hanging out with a friend who believes you can do anything, and wants you to do much better.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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So the Battle Over Legalization Has Come Down to This: A Duel Between Weed and Booze
Drug reformers say marijuana is a far less harmful substance than alcohol—and are willing to go "hit for shot" to prove it.
David Sirota
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