Opinion

The U.S. Moneyless Economy Is Booming

The free and shared goods economy is creating community resilience and alternatives to trash culture for millions of people.

April M. Short

Sara Nelson: Attacks on Abortion Rights Are Attacks on All Workers

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson on abortion rights, building union density, and the sham of “corporate benevolence.”

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

If Democrats Want to Win Elections, They Should Bring Back the Covid Welfare State

By many measures, Bidenomics is working great—but most Americans are still down on the economy. That’s in large part because the U.S. government let its temporarily generous social safety net unravel.

Nick French

Racial Capitalism Is in Real Peril This Time

The climate crisis is a hard one to buy your way out of.

Barbara Ransby

Socialism at the End of the End of History

Climate change and neoliberalism’s collapse have made the future uncertain. Socialists are faced with a dilemma: How to be ready to seize the moment when we don’t know when or what that moment will be?

Alex Han

The U.S. Says No to Affirmative Action—Until It's Time for War

The U.S. government values Black people when we serve in their wars, but not enough to invest in our education.

Kinjo Kiema

It's Up to Unions to Make the NLRB Matter

The regulatory climate for unions is good. Will they do anything with it?

Hamilton Nolan

Accountability Is Not a Pseudonym for a Cage: Chesa Boudin on Decarceration in our Lifetimes

The former San Francisco District Attorney on accountability, abolition, and the reality of San Francisco politics.

Avalon Edwards

Hearing: Don’t Cut Corners with Miners’ Safety

In West Virginia, a push for stronger regulations to fight the new epidemic of black lung afflicting Central Appalachian miners.

Kim Kelly

The Tragedy of Misunderstanding the Commons

Twelfth-century peasants developed commons practices to survive domination. We could use them to reclaim our lives from capitalism.

Steven Stoll

It’s Too Hot to Keep Using Pesticides

Farm workers are being sickened by agrochemicals—and, due to extreme heat, by the PPE they wear to protect themselves.

Harrison Watson

This 20th Century Italian Marxist Offers Lessons for Today’s Social Movements

Antonio Gramsci’s political thinking and practical strategizing provide a set of ideas that have only grown more salient with time.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

AI Could Be a Godsend for Accessing Public Benefits—Or a Nightmare

We stand on the verge of a technological transformation. We’ll need to work collectively to steer these advancements towards empowering those in need.

Jim Pugh

On Lizzo and Sex and Bananas, Oh My!

At the end of the day, the Lizzo story is not about sex: it’s about labor.

Yasmin Nair

Corporate Greed is a Moral Crisis. Working People Are Fighting Back.

Workers across the country are embracing their power in unprecedented ways. Many hope this “hot labor summer” is just the beginning.

Rosalyn Pelles and William J. Barber II

A New Idea for New Union Organizing

Unions don't organize enough people. Their structure is the problem.

Hamilton Nolan

Strikes Are a Tool to Claw Back Control Over Our Lives

This summer, Hollywood writers and actors are out on strike together for the first time in decades. Their demands go beyond wages and benefits—they’re challenging bosses’ authority to unilaterally decide what work looks like.

Nick French

The ADA is the Floor, Not the Ceiling—We Need More

As many celebrate the Americans with Disabilities Act this month, we must renew our struggle for the disability justice our communities need.

Kehsi Iman Wilson