Opinion

3 Anti-Inflation Alternatives to Raising Interest Rates

Tackling inflation requires reining in private markets—and embracing economic democracy.

Richard D. Wolff

Here's What the Criminal Justice Reform Movement Can Learn From Chesa Boudin’s Loss

Opponents of mass incarceration shouldn’t despair or write off the recall of San Francisco’s progressive DA. Instead, we should take lessons and build stronger infrastructure to propel future wins.

Janos Marton

In the Wake of Uvalde, a Teacher's Plea for Police-Free Schools

My students are safer in classrooms without cops. The latest mass school shooting only makes that clearer.

Nataliya Braginsky

I Went on Strike to Cancel My Student Debt and Won. Every Debtor Deserves the Same.

Former students of Corinthian Colleges just won the largest student debt cancelation in Education Department history. Now it’s time for Biden to cancel debt for everyone.

Ann Bowers

Don’t Let a School Shooting Become a Story About the Police

Guns are the issue. A lot of the political establishment wants you to forget that.

Hamilton Nolan

The U.S. Is Complicit in Shireen Abu Akleh's Killing

If our tax dollars are furnishing the weapons that kill journalists and other innocents, that’s not just an international crime—it’s against U.S. law, too

Phyllis Bennis and Richard Falk

If Banks Want to Be Seen as Climate-Friendly, They Need to Exit Fossil Fuels

The climate movement is stepping up pressure on banks to stop the flow of cash to the oil and gas industry.

Arielle Swernoff

America Has Embraced Forced Pregnancy

Nine months of physical and hormonal trauma to your body—with permanent and sometimes lethal consequences—is no longer your choice.

Miriam Markowitz

The Amazon Labor Union Victory Shows That Jurisdiction Is Dead

No more arguing over territory or industries—we need multi-union coalitions capable of organizing on a national scale.

Hamilton Nolan

The Rip-Off Economy Will Save Itself. It Won't Save You.

Squandering our national moment of opportunity at capitalism's casino.

Hamilton Nolan

No Half Measures, We Need Biden to Cancel All Student Loan Debt

The Debt Collective has successfully pushed Biden to extend the pause on student loan payments. Now we’re organizing to make the White House cancel all student debt.

Frederick Bell Jr.

The Food Crisis Didn’t Begin with the War in Ukraine

Even as the failures of industrial agriculture become obvious, U.S. agribusiness aims to force it on the rest of the world.

Jim Goodman

Most Price Increases from Inflation Have Gone to Corporate Profits

The inflation panic is causing some Democrats to pivot from social spending to deficit reduction. That's exactly the wrong approach.

Max B. Sawicky

How To Stand in Solidarity with Ukraine

The Left has an opportunity to support the people of Ukraine and connect international struggles, without endorsing American militarism.

Tobita Chow

How to Jujitsu the Culture Wars

It's time to make Republicans regret that they ever posed as anti-elites.

Hamilton Nolan

One Simple Trick to Protect Workers from Inflation

Union contracts could ensure economic stability among the working class amid inflation.

Hamilton Nolan

Truce or Not, Congress Must Urgently Bring About a Real End to the War on Yemen

Congress needs to pass a War Powers Resolution to end U.S. complicity in the chaos and suffering in Yemen.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

The Troubling Gap Between What’s Offered by Our Social Safety Net and What’s Received

The people most in need often don’t receive public benefits. Here are some ways to fix that.

Jim Pugh, Sean Kline, Teri Olle and Elena Chávez Quezada