Opinion

Bernie Sanders’ Stunning Upset Victory in Michigan Means This Race Is Far from Over

Nobody—especially the pollsters—saw this coming.

Marc Daalder

No We Can’t, Without a Revolution: Why Bernie Sanders Is More of a Realist Than Barack Obama

Without a political revolution, Sanders' agenda is sure to fail. And he knows it.

Darlena Cunha

The Truth About Donald Trump’s Populism

What Matt Taibbi's overlooking: All fascists achieve and cement power in remarkably similar ways.

Rick Perlstein

Hillary Clinton Won Super Tuesday, But Bernie Sanders Won the Future

The millennials have spoken, and they overwhelmingly chose Sanders' radical change over Clinton's incremental reform.

Joel Bleifuss

Bruce Rauner’s 1 Percent-Friendly Policies Are Making Things Worse for Illinois, Not Better

The near-billionaire governor keeps insisting his policies increase opportunities for Illinoisans. But the numbers tell a different story.

Marilyn Katz

Why Bill de Blasio’s Housing Plan Is Nowhere Near Affordable for Low- and Mid-Wage New Yorkers

Expanding New York City's housing supply is not enough to expand affordable housing.

Jonathan Westin

An Open Letter to Rep. John Lewis on My Grandmother and the Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement was made up of people whose names never made it into the history books.

Douglas Williams

Bernie Sanders Was Right To Condemn Henry Kissinger. But Why Did He Praise Winston Churchill?

The former prime minister was, indeed, a "fan of regime change," among other things.

Branko Marcetic

The Negative Campaigning Dilemma for Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

When it comes to attacking one another or the Republicans, both Democratic candidates are in a bind.

Peter White

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire Wins Show that People Are Sick of the Establishment

It's not about growing extremism. It's about a frustration with the status quo.

Robert Reich

The More Bernie Sanders Wins, the More Establishment Liberals Will Tell You He Can’t Win

Some thoughts on Sanders' New Hampshire primary victory last night.

Corey Robin

Without Black Lives Matter, Would Flint’s Water Crisis Have Made Headlines?

The mainstream media learns what 'environmental racism' means.

Susan J. Douglas

Rewriting the Progressive Playbook

To counter the resurgent Right, Wisconsin progressives are thinking big

Joel Bleifuss

In the Wake of Flint’s Water Crisis, It’s Time for a Federal Emergency Manager for Michigan

Maybe we should take a page from Gov. Rick Snyder's own playbook and override his authority.

Louis Nayman

We Don’t Need To Break Up the Big Banks. We Need To Put Them Under Democratic Control.

The problem isn't that banks are "too big to fail"—it's that they're too important not to be under democratic control.

Jamie Merchant

There’s No Other Way To Spin It: Bernie Sanders Pulled Off a Huge Victory in Iowa

Who would have imagined, even a few months ago, that the Iowa caucus results would be so close?

Marc Daalder

The 5 Worst Excuses for Hillary Clinton’s Vote To Invade Iraq

Clinton supporters want Democratic voters to forgive their candidate's support for the most disastrous foreign policy decision in decades. They shouldn't.

Stephen Zunes

LGBTQ Protests Against Israel Are About Justice, Not Anti-Semitism

Israel uses a reductive version of “gay rights” to market itself with a positive, welcoming image—despite its egregious human rights abuses against Palestinians.

Jimmy Pasch