Opinion

The Black Political Establishment Should Never Have Given Hillary Clinton a Blank Check

The Sanders campaign was an opportunity to put pressure on Clinton, but instead the neoliberal Black elite backed her unconditionally.

James Thindwa

An Inside-Outside Strategy For the Political Revolution

Raucous protests and down-ballot Democrats can beat the Bernie-or-bust blues.

Joel Bleifuss

‘Marketplace Feminism’ and the Commodification of Empowerment

Andi Zeisler's new book We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement takes on corporate exploitation of the feminist movement.

Susan J. Douglas

Elie Wiesel Denounced Oppression of Jews—But Didn’t Do the Same for Palestinians

How should we remember the Nobel Peace Prize recipient who also provided cover for the devastation of the Middle East?

Max Blumenthal

Puerto Rico Can’t—And Shouldn’t—Pay Its Debts Just to Enrich Wall Street Profiteers

With interest rates of 785 percent, the island got stiffed by the municipal equivalent of a payday loan

Saqib Bhatti

Banning the Box is Not Nearly Enough

For those who have been incarcerated, punishment doesn’t end with prison.

Lewis M. Steel

After Brexit, European Left Calls for ‘Massive Political Opposition’

What Europe needs more than ever to avoid a slide into a xenophobic, deflationary, 1930s-like abyss.

Nadia Prupis

A Newly Leaked Hillary Clinton Memo Shows How Campaigns Get Around Super PAC Rules

It's not that hard.

Branko Marcetic

You Don’t Have to Like Hillary Clinton—But Sexist Attacks On Her Supporters Are Shameful

The gendered attacks against Clinton and her supporters must come to an end.

Susan J. Douglas

Government Surveillance Can’t Prevent Attacks Like Orlando. We Shouldn’t Expand It Now.

We are already incredibly surveilled, yet this did nothing to keep us safer. Increasing surveillance won't help prevent future attacks.

Branko Marcetic

Noam Chomsky: The Republican Party Is Becoming a Real Danger to Human Survival

Nuclear weapons, climate change, and the prospects for survival.

Noam Chomsky

On the Occupation’s 49th Anniversary, Israel Wants To Expand Capital Punishment for Palestinians

The move would likely only be used for Palestinians found guilty of engaging in terrorism, but not Israelis.

Marc Daalder

The Hillary Clinton vs. Bernie Sanders Fight Has Gotten Nasty. But It’s Not Nearly As Bad As 2008.

Have we all forgotten how acrimonious Clinton vs. Obama was?

Branko Marcetic

A Former Nation of Islam Activist Looks Back on Muhammad Ali

From a bout in Jamaica to an Air Force base in Germany to the streets of Chicago, Ali's presence was massive.

Salim Muwakkil

Bernie Has Every Right To Raise Hell at the Democratic Convention

As wise man once said, “Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle."

Joel Bleifuss

The Case for a One-Person, One-Vote National Primary To Nominate Our Presidential Candidates in 2020

State contests would be held first to reduce the field.

Rob Richie

How U.S. and U.K. Media Are Trying Their Best To Push Nicolas Maduro and Venezuela Over the Edge

American political and media elites would love to see the leftist Venezuelan government go down just as Brazil's Workers' Party has.

Max Ajl

When Two Choices for President Aren’t Enough

To address voter apathy, we need a new system

Joel Bleifuss