Opinion

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

The City of Chicago Used a Mumford and Sons Concert To Displace Homeless People

In the gentrified 21st-century city, wealthy concertgoers' comfort is a bigger priority than homeless people's basic rights.

Nickolas Kaplan

The Secrets and Lies of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

President Obama insists there's "nothing secret" about the massive trade deal—yet we aren't allowed to know anything that's in it.

Joel Bleifuss

Is Our Politicians Learning?

The most formidable challenger for Jeb Bush is his own brother’s legacy.

Susan J. Douglas

Students Protest University of Chicago Budget Cuts, Say Admin Is “Acting Like a Corporation”

The students, some dressed in their graduation gowns, say their school's austerity measures are part of a broader pattern of corporatization in higher education.

Miriam Shestack

The Collective That Saved Jazz

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians brought jazz back from the brink by connecting it to black struggle

Salim Muwakkil

6 Lessons for the U.S. from Spain’s Democratic Revolution

How Spain’s 15M movement went from occupying city squares to city halls—without compromising its independence

Erica Sagrans