Opinion

Could Biden's Climate Policy Invite More Militarism?

Climate change poses an existential threat. That doesn’t mean we should further empower an already bloated Pentagon.

Ashik Siddique

The Global South Faces a 'Vaccine Apartheid'

Just 10 nations have administered 75% of the vaccines worldwide. Countries like South Africa are being left behind.

Hadas Thier

Joe Biden Should Be Made to Fear Social Movements

History shows that politicians fear the disruptive power of a mobilized base, even when it helps them succeed.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

How Mutual Aid Can Build Working-Class Power

Mutual aid builds the collective people power we need to take on the state.

Vicko Alvarez

Desperate Times Call for Mutual Aid

But it's not a substitute for organizing.

Marianela D’Aprile

Privatization Would Doom Biden's Infrastructure Plan

To meet his goals on equity, jobs and climate, President Biden should push a massive, publicly-funded infrastructure plan.

Jeremy Mohler

Rev. William Barber: The Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage Is a Fight for Racial Justice

Democrats need to stop playing games and use their majorities to pass a $15 minimum wage right now—we can’t wait any longer.

Rev. William Barber

America's Sickness Goes Far Beyond Trump

Only by acknowledging the racism, materialism and militarism that animate our country can we begin the process of healing.

Andrew Bacevich

Massive Inequality Is a Feature of Capitalism, Not a Bug

The Biden administration may usher in a new period of reform, but history shows that it's unlikely to last if our economic system remains intact.

Richard D. Wolff

Biden Says He’s Ending the Yemen War—But It's Too Soon to Celebrate

The details of Biden’s Yemen war announcement are what matter. Those are still not clear.

Shireen Al-Adeimi and Sarah Lazare

Democrats Need to Radically Expand American Democracy—And Fast

If Democrats want to enact their agenda and retain power, they should move quickly to bolster voting rights and reform undemocratic structures in the U.S. political system.

Scott Remer

You Can't Hurt Hedge Funds By Acting Exactly Like Them

Pumping up GameStop will do nothing to change what people hate about Wall Street. There's a better way.

Hamilton Nolan

A Recipe for Making Change in Biden's Washington

To make it happen, progressives must learn to co-govern and build more power.

Robert Kraig

The “Essential Worker” Swindle

How this label is used to justify a social order in which workers are abused, discarded and left to die.

Sarah Lazare

A Presidential Inauguration Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun

Presidents change, but the soldiers stay the same.

Hamilton Nolan

How to Win Medicare for All Under President Biden

With a Democratic White House and Congress, we have an opportunity to organize like never before to finally achieve a universal, single-payer healthcare system. Let’s seize it.

Michael Lighty

We Don't Need to Do This To Ourselves

Turning the nation's capital into an armed camp for Biden's inauguration to prove we don't live in fear.

Hamilton Nolan

How Media Consolidation Paved the Way for Right-Wing Insurrection

A battle playing out at the Supreme Court could make media monopolies way worse.

Hannah Sassaman