Opinion

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

A Missed Opportunity for Kamala Harris at the DNC

In her acceptance speech, Harris chose to embrace Republican language on the economy—even if she backs a more progressive approach.

Sonali Kolhatkar

Two Years and $300 Billion into Biden’s Climate Plan, Emissions Are Higher than Ever

Green energy and fossil fuels are rising hand in hand. The growth-based climate framework is fundamentally broken.

Peter Gelderloos

To Beat Trump, Harris Should Talk About Harris

It is a way to share who they are, reminding us of who we are, and why we must choose to act now—a story of self, a story of us, and a story of now. And this year, the outcome of the election could well depend on whether Kamala Harris can tell us this story.

Marshall Ganz

Genocide and the English Language

The disjunction between our political language and political reality reveals the vacuum of thought in the U.S. foreign policy establishment.

Alberto Toscano

Kamala Harris Can Do Better Than This

The most striking thing about the Democratic nominee’s economic platform is its timidity. She could go much further to lift up the working class.

Max B. Sawicky

It's Not a Question. To Win in November, Harris Needs to Break From Biden and Trump on Gaza.

Harris must immediately break from disastrous policies that put the demands of warmongers and war profiteers over human rights and justice.

Ramah Kudaimi

Kamala Harris Should Run on Ending the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers

As the DNC convenes in Chicago, Democrats should follow the city’s lead by embracing a pro-worker policy that ends a legacy of discrimination and exploitation.

Nataki Rhodes and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa

Republicans Will Weaponize Rural Suffering as Long as Democrats Ignore It

JD Vance is a poser, but he’s telling a dangerously compelling story about rural America that Democrats are doing nothing to defuse.

Joseph Bullington

Democrats Shouldn't Isolate Abortion Access

Democratic leaders appear set on siloing abortion access from other critical issues—including the genocide in Gaza. That’s a mistake.

Anne Rumberger

"And Now They Want Our Votes"

Eman Abdelhadi's speech from the "Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws" demonstration on Aug. 18 in Chicago.

Eman Abdelhadi

4 Talking Points Used to Smear DNC Protesters—And Why They’re Bogus

As the Democratic National Convention descends on Chicago, protesters are taking to the streets demanding an end to U.S. support for the genocide in Gaza. Don’t buy the arguments of those criticizing them.

Adam Johnson

Democracy Despises a Coronation

Let the DNC be a battle. It's healthy. We'll kick Trump's ass on the other side.

Hamilton Nolan