Opinion

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

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