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How to stop letting our crises go to waste.

Hamilton Nolan

Jen Angel Wanted to Abolish Police and Prisons. She Wouldn’t Want Her Death to Be Used to Incarcerate Anyone.

Brooke Anderson

In Coal Country, Young Workers Seek a Sustainable Future

Neither coal companies nor government have a “plan B” for many Appalachian communities. Meet the young leaders determined to find one.

Jonathan Blair

After a Stunning Election, the Future of Chicago Is Up for Grabs

Incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot is out and voters now face a choice between former public school teacher Brandon Johnson and corporate education reformer Paul Vallas.

Kari Lydersen

As Russia Pulls Back From the Nuclear Treaty, The Fate of Humanity Hangs in the Balance

The fragility of the arms control treaty lays bare the need for nuclear abolition.

Frida Berrigan

We Shouldn’t Need an Earthquake to Know Sanctions Don’t Work

Sanctions are an instrument of war, not an alternative to it.

Phyllis Bennis

Unions Safeguard Workers’ Sweat Equity

To protect the time and labor that workers put into in their workplaces, unions help secure investments in infrastructure that sustain jobs for years to come.

Tom Conway

Democrats Now Have Two Jobs: Protect the Working Class and Stop the MAGA Right

Delia Ramirez, the first Latina from the Midwest to serve in Congress, on building a party by and for working people.

Delia Ramirez

We Need to Cut the Military Budget, But Don’t Trust the Far Right to Do It

There’s an urgent need to stop funding wars and human rights abuses abroad and to free up funding for human needs at home. The Freedom Caucus can’t be counted on for either.

Phyllis Bennis

In 1996, There Was Union Summer. This Year, There’s “Labor Spring.”

"Labor Spring" brings back a national teach-in on organizing to campuses across the country.

Cindy Hahamovitch, William P. Jones and Joseph A. McCartin

No Cop City Anywhere

Chicago’s #NoCopAcademy campaign and #StopCopCity in Atlanta are part of the same movement: to end violent policing, protect the environment and defend Black and brown lives.

Benji Hart

Americans Still Want—And Need—Medicare for All

The number of uninsured Americans has dropped to an all-time low. But that fact obscures the failures of our patchwork, profit-driven healthcare system.

Sonali Kolhatkar

Employers Steal Up to $50 Billion From Workers Every Year. It’s Time to Reclaim It.

A recent victory over wage theft shows what workers everywhere need to claw back their stolen pay—support, resources and enforcement.

Mindy Isser

This Valentine’s Day, Let’s Look to Marxists to Reimagine Love, Romance and Sex

It's not you, it's capitalism.

Sarah Jaffe

How to Stop AI From Eating Journalism

Ethical standards can also save a lot of human jobs.

Hamilton Nolan

What the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party Has Planned Next

Rather than taking a back seat, progressives are using their expanded ranks to flex their muscle in Congress—and transform the Democratic Party.

Larry Cohen

Stop Cowering Before This Half-Bright Florida Fascist

Ron DeSantis wants to break the unions and make a temporary advantage permanent.

Hamilton Nolan

After a Record Year for Police Violence, Is It Finally Time to Defund the Police?

As law enforcement budgets have continued to increase, so have the number of killings by police officers. To reverse this trend, funding could be reallocated to social programs, as racial justice advocates have long called for.

Sonali Kolhatkar