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Why Trump Puts the Utah Senate Race in Play for Progressives. Yes, Utah.

Misty K. Snow believes a storm is gathering that will shatter the status quo.

Theo Anderson

Viewpoint

The Black Political Establishment Should Never Have Given Hillary Clinton a Blank Check

The Sanders campaign was an opportunity to put pressure on Clinton, but instead the neoliberal Black elite backed her unconditionally.

James Thindwa

Rural America

Rural Stories Making Headlines (August 7, 2016)

Rural America In These Times

Labor

CUNY Workers Overwhelmingly Approve New Contract With 94% Voting Yes

Brandon Jordan

Rural America

We Need a Radical Reimagining of Our Economy to Prevent a Dystopian Future

Erik Reece

Dispatch

Killings By Police Haven’t Stopped Mexico’s Movement Against Neoliberal Education Reform

Despite police repression, Mexico's militant teachers union continues to strike and protest.

Andalusia Knoll Soloff

Feature

The Rio Olympics Are a Reflection of Our Shared Global Crisis

The global tribe will sink or swim together. There is no place to go to escape the pollution and violence.

Laura Orlando

Labor

It’s the Stupidity, Stupid: How Donald Trump is Beating the Democrats on Trade

Theo Anderson

Feature

Why Bernie Sanders Lost, and How the Next Progressive Challenger Can Win

Lessons from a campaign that outperformed expectations but still came up short.

Christopher Hass

Labor

A Radical Plan For An Economy That Makes Black Lives Matter

Douglas Williams

Feature

Bernie Sanders’ Delegates Speak Out About Convention: “They Painted Us As Crazy”

Will the Democratic Party embrace its insurgent wing?

Kate Aronoff

Feature

The Occupation in Chicago That’s Building a Community Free from Racist Policing and Prisons

For over two weeks, young, Black activists have camped out to protest police oppression and imagine a more just world.

Kali Robinson

Viewpoint

An Inside-Outside Strategy For the Political Revolution

Raucous protests and down-ballot Democrats can beat the Bernie-or-bust blues.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

On Trade, Our Choices Aren’t Only Xenophobic Nationalism Or Neoliberal Globalization

Leon Fink

Labor

A Message for CUNY Members: Don’t Take the Money

Sigmund Shen

Rural America

How Electrifying Railroads Could Help Us Transition from Fossil Fuels and Power Rural Economies

Bill Moyer

Culture

James Baldwin’s Many Heirs

In the essay collection The Fire This Time, a new generation of Black writers keeps Baldwin's flame alight.

Erin Aubry Kaplan

Labor

So Long, Uber: Could Co-op Apps Change the Way We Catch Rides?

Vic Vaiana