Latest

Viewpoint

A Former Nation of Islam Activist Looks Back on Muhammad Ali

From a bout in Jamaica to an Air Force base in Germany to the streets of Chicago, Ali's presence was massive.

Salim Muwakkil

Viewpoint

Bernie Has Every Right To Raise Hell at the Democratic Convention

As wise man once said, “Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle."

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

Seattle’s Lessons for Bernie Sanders Activists After the Elections

A new book gives some pointers on taking Sanders' revolution to the local level.

Steve Early

Feature

Bernie’s Army Is Already Deploying in Down-Ballot Races

Volunteers plug in to progressive races nationwide

Ethan Corey

Feature

It Isn’t Too Late To Bring U.S. War Criminals to Justice

Other nations have done it.

Rebecca Gordon

Labor

Are Software Engineers the Latest Exploited Migrant Workers?

David Iaconangelo

Labor

Illinois College Faculty Say Continued Cuts Have ‘Ripped the Guts Out’ of Public Higher Ed

Branko Marcetic

Feature

Bernie Sanders’ and Donald Trump’s Popularity Shows that America Is Tired of ‘Limousine Liberalism’

Disillusioned and disgruntled, Americans are threatening the status quo from all sides.

Steve Fraser

Labor

How Can We Make Restaurant Jobs Into Good Jobs?

Seth Kershner

Labor

The Verizon Strike Shows that Average Workers Can Still Beat Corporate Giants

Dan DiMaggio

Rural America

Why Philanthrocapitalism, Technology and Good Intentions Have Failed to End Hunger

David Rieff

Culture

The Case Against Using the GDP as a Measure of Economic Health

The GDP has always been a bitterly contested yardstick, explains Ehsan Masood in a new history.

Chris Lehmann

Rural America

The War Prayer

Mark Twain

Feature

In God We Don’t Trust: Growing American Secular Movement Rallies in D.C. This Week

The "Reason Rally" features Bill Nye, Margaret Cho, Wu-Tang Clan and others as secular groups borrow playbooks from the LGBTQ movement and the Religious Right.

Art Levine

Viewpoint

The Case for a One-Person, One-Vote National Primary To Nominate Our Presidential Candidates in 2020

State contests would be held first to reduce the field.

Rob Richie

Labor

The Power of the NYC Teachers Union’s Rank-and-File Caucus MORE Is Growing

Kevin Prosen

Labor

New Survey Reports Uber Drivers Are Investing Big in the Company But Get Little Stability

Spencer Woodman

Rural America

Solving the 10,000-Year-Old Problem of Agriculture: An Interview with Wes Jackson

Allen White