Opinion

The Possibilities of Grief as a Rupture

Abolition Judaism and rethinking the holiday of Tisha B’Av

Andrue Kahn and Dania Rajendra

Working People Are Being Fleeced to Pay for a Bloated Military Budget

While costs rise for everything, SNAP recipients who lost benefits—and the farmers who fed them—are being asked to shell out $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon.

Danaka Katovich

Don’t Look Away from Cuba

The indictment of Raul Castro is the latest in a string of escalations aimed at building pretext for a U.S. invasion of the island nation.

Chris Mills Rodrigo

On America's 250th Anniversary, Democracy Is On the Ropes

The Trump administration is attacking the foundations of our democracy—but Americans are increasingly fighting back.

Mitchell Zimmerman

No One Should Be in Jail Because They’re Poor

On America’s 250th anniversary, we must confront the issues of bail, democracy and the unfinished promise of democracy.

Jeremy Cherson

Socialists Are Tearing Through the Democratic Party Establishment

After New York’s Democratic primary shockwaves, there is no doubt: democratic socialism is on the march in the U.S.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

How Resisting Trumpism Could Revive the U.S. Labor Movement

The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights presents an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.

Stephen Lerner and Joseph A. McCartin

The Reproductive Justice Movement Must Be Expansive Under a Second Trump Term

With a federal Republican trifecta, the reproductive and disability justice movements need each other more than ever.

Regina Mahone

Ramirez: "The call for accountability must not go unanswered. We need an independent prosecutor."

Tomorrow, a judge will rule whether to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate crimes by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz.

Delia Ramirez

While the U.S. Doubles Down on Fossil Fuels, Other Countries Are Charting a Path Away From Them

The recent Santa Marta conference in Colombia was the world’s first diplomatic conference expressly dedicated to phasing out fossil fuels.

Basav Sen

The Legacy of Jewish Worker Organizing That Brought Us to This May Day

A century of Jewish labor organizing centered on solidarity has helped lead us to this moment.

Ann Toback

Why Mayors Across the Country Are Signing On To a Haymarket Declaration This May Day

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson explains why a coalition of mayors has come together to commemorate the legacy of May Day and defend workers from attacks by the Trump administration.

Brandon Johnson

Why Democratic Socialists Are Taking to the Streets This May Day

The legacy of May Day is a fight for working-class power against the ravages of capitalism. Democratic Socialists of America is organizing to keep that proud tradition alive in 2026.

Will Bloom

Mayday, Mayday, May Day

Friday's emergency signal from the working class

Maya Ragsdale

Why It’s More Important Than Ever To Learn About May Day

A broad coalition is organizing nationwide actions this May Day to support workers’ rights, protect democracy and demand an end to billionaire rule.

Jackson Potter

The Rupture at Hand

Facing down a billionaire-backed authoritarian blitz, the Left isn't waiting for Democratic elites to join step with the party's base.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

We Need To Tax the Corporations Cashing In On the Iran War

Across the political spectrum, Americans support taxing windfall profits—and billionaires—to help working people weather the affordability crisis.

Meghan Schneider and Cass DiPaola

As Workers Struggle, Our Political Class Goes All In On a Permanent War State

From blood banks to food insecurity, a snapshot of a country whose raison d'etre is increasingly open sadism and violence

Sarah Lazare