Opinion
What the U.S. Left Can Learn From the Labour Party’s Epic Loss
Liberal pundits say the lesson is that Democrats shouldn’t move left. They’re wrong.
David Adler
Yes, Trump’s Impeachment Is a Partisan Pursuit—Just As It Should Be
What Trump's defenders miss: impeachment only works when it's partisan.
Thomas Geoghegan
Even in Bankruptcy, Coal Companies Can’t Stop Selling Out Workers
The industry sees its employees like it sees the Earth: Just another resource to exploit.
Sarah Lazare
Centrists Don’t Want “Party Unity”—They Want to Defend the Wealthy
Attacks by moderate Democrats on Bernie Sanders are really about defending corporate power and structural inequality.
Christopher D. Cook
Trump Has Quietly Implemented a Far-Right Takeover of the Courts That Will Last Generations
Imperiling progressive change "for as long as we live," 1 in 5 federal judges is now a Trump appointee.
Jake Johnson
Reagan Lives On in Biden
For 40 years, Biden has pushed to cut federal spending. In a recession, don't expect him to prime the pump.
Branko Marcetic
The Takeaway From the Impeachment Hearings: Our Constitution Has Failed
To guard against another authoritarian president we can’t impeach, we need to reform our constitution.
Chris Edelson
Winning Medicare for All Will Require Taking On Powerful Interests. Here’s How We Overcame One.
The American Medical Association's decision to leave an industry-backed, anti-single payer group didn't happen on its own. It was the result of dedicated organizing to make healthcare a human right.
Connie Huynh
Want More Proof of Corporate Media’s Anti-Bernie Bias? Look at MSNBC’s Democratic Debate.
During the debate and in the spin room, Sanders was treated more like an outsider than a front runner. It’s part of a broader anti-Bernie slant in the “liberal” network’s coverage.
Branko Marcetic
Why “High Hopes” Is the Perfect Dance Song for the Buttigieg Campaign
It’s a meritocratic fantasy.
Dayton Martindale
With Net Neutrality Axed, Local Governments Are Racing To Save the Open Internet
Cities and states are leading the way in defending the internet from corporate control.
Victor Pickard and David Elliot Berman
Centrist Pundits Assume Voters Agree with Them. Polling Tells a Different Story.
Jonathan Chait and Rahm Emanuel get "electability" totally wrong.
Jonathan Cohn
Trashing Teachers and Red-Baiting: How a Republican Governor Lost in Kentucky
Democrat Andy Beshear defeated Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in deep-red Kentucky. The lesson? Attacking teachers and socialism won’t protect the GOP.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Want To Build the Labor Movement? Get a Job at a Union Workplace.
The case for the rank-and-file strategy.
Laura Gabby
90% of Workers Aren’t in a Union. Labor’s Future Depends on Them.
The labor movement needs more organic leaders, not a militant minority.
Andrew Dobbyn
Labor Needs To Embrace Social Justice Unionism
A successful rank-and-file strategy must look beyond the workplace.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
How Ranked Choice Voting Could Make the 2020 Election More Democratic
The landmark voting reform is quickly spreading across the country—and could have a major impact on contests in 2020.
Adam Eichen
The Postal Service Is the Most Popular Federal Agency in America. Let’s Massively Expand It.
Americans love the postal service. From banking to combating climate change, the public agency could be used to provide so much more.
Jeremy Mohler
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