Opinion

We Should Own the Internet—Not Silicon Valley Oligarchs

It’s time to stop treating high-speed internet as a luxury commodity and instead place it under democratic and public control.

Thomas M. Hanna and Isaiah J. Poole 

Class Traitors, Welcome to the Revolution

Many liberal professionals who supported Elizabeth Warren took their votes to Joe Biden, not Bernie Sanders. But they may still join a future left electoral coalition if they can face their own precarity.

Maximillian Alvarez

Black Voters Are Ready. Are We?

Bernie lost with Black voters, but the Left will win if we commit to deep organizing work to earn their trust.

Phillip Agnew

To Win Elections, Should the Left Be Nicer on the Internet?

There are signs that antagonistic Bernie supporters may have discouraged coalition-building with winnable Warren voters.

Zeeshan Aleem

Trump’s “Reopening” Is a Red Herring

We should not concede the language of “reopening” to right-wing liars who are sending poor people to their death.

Sarah Lazare

The Covid-19 Crisis Shows Why Food Should Be a Human Right

With lines at food banks stretching for miles, the need has never been clearer to guarantee food to all U.S. residents.

Paul J. Baicich

Give Every Child a $1,000 Trust Account and the Next Crisis Won’t Be So Bad

To weather the economic wreckage of the Covid-19 crisis—and prepare for future disasters—we should enact a Just Futures Fund.

Jim Pugh

Democratic Socialist Officials Lay Out Demands for Local Government Responses to Covid-19

A just response to the pandemic requires centering working people. Here's where to start.

Democratic Socialist Elected Officials

The U.S. Response to Covid-19 Has Lavished Wealth on the Rich

While the pandemic ravages American workers, the federal government has orchestrated a monumental transfer of wealth from the bottom of the economic ladder to the top.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Look at How Much Sense It Makes to Do the Green New Deal Right Now

We can get out of this depression and save the planet all at once.

Sarah Lazare

The Absolute Minimum That Democrats Should Demand In the Next Stimulus

The next stimulus package must include aid to state and local governments, protections for employed and unemployed workers, and investments in our democracy.

Celine McNicholas, Josh Bivens and Heidi Shierholz

Congress: Either Come Babysit My Kids, or Cancel My Rent

I’m a mother of 6-year-old twins and like millions of other Americans, I can't pay rent—so I'm going on a rent strike.

Jenay Manley

Don’t Believe the Debt Hawks—More Stimulus Is the Only Path to Recovery

Fear-mongering over the deficit is the absolute wrong approach to the Covid-19 crisis.

Josh Bivens

The Real Reason Why the WHO Waited Until March to Declare a Global Pandemic

The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO’s ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic.

Vijay Prashad

Tired of Fighting About Third Parties? Just Enact Ranked Choice Voting.

Rather than scolding voters for wanting more options, we should put in place a more representative system.

Rob Richie and David Daley

Fake Meat Is All the Rage—And It Can Help Us Fight Climate Change

A case for the Impossible: the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Dayton Martindale

Impossible Burgers Won’t Save the Environment—They’re Just a Greenwashing Trend

High-tech fake meat giants are more interested in making a quick buck than mitigating climate change.

Alicia Kennedy

Capitalism Is Failing Its Coronavirus Stress Test—Only Workers Can Turn Things Around

Corporations will only do the right thing if we make them.

Labor leaders