Opinion

The High Stakes of Mapping the Midwest

How can a state continue to be deadlocked with a legislature controlled by Trumpian Republicans when it’s been busy electing not just Democrats but, in many cases, progressive Democrats?

John Nichols

Faux Populism Takes Center Stage at Vice-Presidential Debate

Tuesday’s debate offers Democrats a warning about how much more appealing Trumpism can be when presented in an equally mendacious but more competent way.

Akil Vicks

Citibank Is Bankrolling The Largest Offshore Oil Facility In the U.S.—Just Miles From My Home

As part of the historic Summer of Heat campaign, I went to Citibank’s headquarters to demand climate justice—where dozens of protesters were arrested.

Sue Page

The Disturbing Reason Trump and Vance Peddle Lies About Immigrants

The influx of Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio is a success story, not a scandal. But when powerful people don’t want to share prosperity, they lie.

Peter Certo

"We Can’t Arrest Our Way to Liberation"

After the Palestinian Nabala Cafe was attacked, owner Eyad Zeid decided not to turn to police. Instead, he found strength and support in community.

Eyad Zeid

Feminism, Debt and Organizing Against Argentina’s Far Right

Debt is a Crucial Organizing Avenue Against Argentina’s Far Right.

Verónica Gago and Lucí Cavallero

New York Times Repeats U.S. Government’s Evidence-Free Claim That Gaza Protests Are Part of Iranian Plot

Where is the actual evidence that Iranian operatives “posing as students” are helping organize and fund campus protests over the war on Gaza?

Adam Johnson

The Weird and Stupid Teamsters Non-Endorsement Fiasco

Refusing to endorse a presidential candidate will do nothing to stop Trump and the GOP’s war on workers.

Hamilton Nolan

Exiting Prison With No Money, No Credit and No Way to Avoid Debt

How the consequences of incarceration and reentry create financial–and social–debt.

Calvin John Smiley

Fighting Privatization Is Good for Mental Health

Dedicated community leaders and persistent organizing are helping make Chicago’s new expansion of public mental health services a reality.

Elena Gormley

Low-Wage Corporations Are Fleecing Their Workers to Massively Inflate CEO Pay

Why don’t low wage workers earn more? Because their bosses plowed $522 million into manipulating their stock price—and CEO paychecks—instead.

Sarah Anderson

Kamala Harris Says “We’re Not Going Back.” But What’s Her Plan Forward?

In last night’s presidential debate, Harris outperformed Trump. Yet she was light on policy specifics and failed to articulate how her agenda would mark a clean break from the past.

Branko Marcetic

The Right Is Increasingly Exploiting the Horror of Genocide

Right-wing operatives are channeling the genocide in Gaza into mainstream antisemitism.

Ben Lorber

Displaced in Gaza: Dispatches

We share their dreams and aspirations, to tell them that there will be a day when the Palestinian people will live in freedom and dignity.

Yousef Aljamal

Project 2025 Could Erase More Than 1.7 Million Jobs and Hike Electricity Prices By $32 Billion

A new study shows that the Republican game plan would lead to mass job losses and higher energy costs for consumers.

Yaseen al-Sheikh

The Unsung History of Heartland Socialism

While often overlooked, the spirit of socialism has coursed through the American Midwest ever since the movement emerged in the 19th century. It continues to animate the region’s political landscape today.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

To Win Over Working-Class Voters, Harris and Other Democrats Should Embrace Economic Populism

New research shows that the key to combating Trumpism lies in targeting economic elites.

Isaac Rabbani and Fred DeVeaux

The Democratic Convention Failed the Palestine Movement

The Uncommitted movement made modest demands on the Democratic Party toward ending the agony in Gaza, and the party rejected them. But their demands cannot be ignored by Democratic power brokers forever.

Hadas Thier