Opinion

Bruce Rauner is Using a Manufactured Crisis to Bust Unions, Privatize Services and Destroy Pensions

The right-wing Illinois governor is slashing programs for the state and threatening bankruptcy for Chicago Public Schools instead of offering any revenue raising solutions.

Jennifer Ritter and Jacob Swenson-Lengyel

Gov. Scott Walker’s Economic Development Record in Wisconsin Has Been a Scandal-Wracked Failure

Walker's development record consists of giving taxpayer dollars to his friends—while Wisconsin's economy has remained in the toilet.

David Sirota

The Media’s Portrayal of the Iran Deal Implies U.S. Imperialism Is a Good Thing

U.S. media commentary on the accord portrays U.S. global military supremacy as natural and desirable.

Gregory Shupak

The Other 2016 Presidential Candidates Are Saying Things That Are Basically As Crazy As Donald Trump

Trump is not the only presidential hopeful willing to make utterly mind-boggling statements.

David Sirota

Slavoj Zizek: How Alexis Tsipras and Syriza Outmaneuvered Angela Merkel and the Eurocrats

The rebels in Greece are waging a patient guerrilla war against financial occupation.

Slavoj Žižek

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” Forever Changes the Meaning of ‘The American Dream’

How to make Americans accept that their country was built and sustained on white supremacist plunder? Write like Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Salim Muwakkil

Taxing the Rich is the Only Real Solution to Illinois’ Budget Deficit

Corporate tax loopholes have been very effective at draining at least a billion dollars a year out of public funds and redirecting it into idle private profits.

Jamie Merchant

Israel’s Hostility Toward Iran Deal Is Not Really About a Nuclear Weapon

There is no place in Israeli geo-strategic thinking for a militarily and diplomatically powerful Iran—with or without the bomb.

Roy Isacowitz

Rep. Alan Grayson: The Euro Is a Burning House with No Exit

The superficial problem in Greece is the external debt. The deeper problem is the relinquishment of national sovereignty and the tools that are needed to raise domestic demand and bring about an economic recovery.

Rep. Alan Grayson

The NRA’s Bully Pulpit

America's most dangerous nonprofit has a stranglehold on public policy.

Susan J. Douglas

Our Neo-Confederacy

The flag may be wiped from state grounds and license plates, but its ideals live on in the GOP agenda

Salim Muwakkil

The Greek Crisis Shows the Fundamentally Undemocratic Nature of the Eurozone

To the Troika, the election of Syriza, the referendum vote and the basic principles of democracy are meaningless.

Alexandros Orphanides

After the Confederate Flags Come Down, Everything Named After Nathan Bedford Forrest Should Be Next

The Confederate general and KKK "grand wizard" belongs on the short list of the most vile white supremacists in American history. Yet parks and monuments in his name can be found throughout the South.

Peter Cole

The Political Genius of Bernie Sanders’ Socialism

Bernie's socialism isn’t a “charade.” It’s a provocation—and a brilliant one, at that.

Theo Anderson

Holier than Bernie

Which campaign matters more: Bernie Sanders's or Jill Stein's?

Joel Bleifuss

Now That Greece Has Defaulted, Tsipras and Syriza Can’t Blink: It’s Time To Push For a Grexit

If the Greek people don't vote “no” on their upcoming referendum, they face perpetual austerity and misery from unelected creditors.

Alexandros Orphanides

The Pentagon’s New Weapon: Agent Whitewash

A $60 million government project to commemorate the Vietnam War distorts the facts.

Tom Hayden

The Anti-Union Bosses’ Group Fighting Fast Food Organizing Is Now Going After Home Care Workers

Can workers centers and unions create a movement strong enough to fight back?

Mariya Strauss, Political Research Associates