Opinion

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

To Tax the Ultra-Rich, We Need to Go After Their Wealth—Not Just Income

Two proposals—one in California, one in Congress—could finally do it. The alternative is an ever-more-powerful billionaire class that threatens democracy itself.

Conor Lynch

Salah Sarsour: A Pillar Taken, A Community That Will Not Yield

Dr. Hatem Bazian on ICE's abduction of a beloved community member who played a major role in the local Palestine movement—and how he may have been wrongly targeted because of it.

Dr. Hatem Bazian

Voters Trust Union Candidates More—So Unions Should Run Them

A new report shows that candidates with backgrounds in labor unions can win the support of working people. The Democratic Party should take note.

Jake Triola

The U.S.-Iran War Is Illegal. Here’s Why That Matters.

If this war continues without accountability, it threatens even more dire consequences in years ahead.

Phyllis Bennis

The Price of War

How America’s history with Iran has already shaped ordinary lives

Rebecca Kay Bright

Women Pay the Highest Price for U.S. ‘Wars of Liberation’

As an Iraqi, I’ve spent my life fleeing, surviving, and bearing witness to wars justified by lies. In Iran, we’re seeing yet another.

Dena Al-Adeeb

A Snapshot of the Possible

Since the financial crisis and Great Recession of the early Obama era, a core group of community and union organizers in Minnesota had been building what they called “alignment.” January 23 was one fruit borne from that labor.

Alex Han

What a Democratic Socialist Economic Agenda Looks Like

As democratic socialism returns to the U.S. public eye, socialists need to make clear how their vision differs from the liberalism most Americans are familiar with. Here are five crucial distinctive elements of a socialist policy agenda.

Max B. Sawicky

Trump’s Attacks on SCOTUS Are Personal—But Real Court Reform Should Be a Progressive Priority

The president keeps attacking the Supreme Court after its tariff ruling, but SCOTUS rules for the wealthy and obstructs progressive policies. Court reform must be a priority.

Shahrzad Shams and Todd N. Tucker

We Can't Let Trump Get Away With Another Endless War

As the United States bombs Iran, we cannot afford to slip into despair. We must push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn.

Negin Owliaei

Trump Has Made the U.S. War Machine a Spectacle—And It’s Spectacularly Unpopular

In Iran, Trump has brought the full extent of the war machine out into the open. Let’s channel public anger into organizing.

Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani

The Epstein Class Are the Warped Elites They Pretend to Hate

For years, MAGA has attacked minority groups in the name of “protecting women and children.” It turns out the real abusers are the wealthy and powerful.

Sonali Kolhatkar

Here's What We Know

We know that this is not about Iran’s people, it’s about Iran’s oil and wealth.

Eman Abdelhadi

It’s the Trump Administration That’s Threatening the World—Not Iran

As the White House takes the U.S. to war, here are five reasons to oppose the attacks on Iran.

Khury Petersen-Smith

Trump’s State of the Union Ignored the Root Cause of Affordability Problems

Rising inequality hurts families, but taxing the ultra-rich can help. On Tuesday night, Trump steered clear of advocating this effective solution to our economic emergency.

Josh Bivens

No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council

The current threat of an attack by the US did not begin with any failure by Iran to negotiate. On the contrary, it began with the United States’ repudiation of negotiations that had already succeeded.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Fought for Economic Justice, Dies at 84

“His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by,” said Jackson’s family.

Jake Johnson