Politics

Home Is Where the Fight Is

City Life/Vida Urbana is on the frontlines of the foreclosure crisis.

Micah Uetricht

State Budget Crises Mean New Language of Deceit

David Sirota

Still Separate, Still Unequal

How our reverence for diversity and multiculturalism helps perpetuate inequality

John M. Davis

Budget Crisis? Duh, Tax the Rich!

Robert Parry

Art for Our Sake: Lessons From Hull-House

Poets, artists, writers help us imagine solidarity and re-make the world.

Lisa Yun Lee

Two Public Pay Standards, One Statement of Values

David Sirota

What You Need to Know About the Assault on NPR and PBS

Megan Tady

No Surprises: Rahm Wins in Chicago

The suits remain firmly in control of the Windy City. What does Emanuel's victory mean for urban progressive politics?

David Moberg

Sanctuary Denied

America's war deserters face deportation from Canada--and then prison.

Roman Goergen

A Spoonful of Subsidies for Big Pharma

Terry J. Allen

To End Secretive Political Ads, Shareholders Must Pressure Media Companies

Ron Freund

The Submerged State

David Sirota

New AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Design Sparks Ire

But Nuclear Regulatory Commission ignores concerns over potential containment failures.

John Raymond

Campesinos Rising in Honduras

A peasant organizer is kidnapped and tortured, as his movement continues to occupy land claimed by corporations.

Jeremy Kryt

Race Doesn’t Trump Class, at Least in Chicago’s Mayoral Race

Salim Muwakkil

America’s ‘Can’t Do’ Spirit

Susan J. Douglas

Marco Rubio’s Prison Problem

As the FBI investigates $120 million in subsidies for a new private prison in Florida, the new U.S. senator could end up in the hot seat over close ties to prison operator Geo Group.

Beau Hodai

Belo Monte and Brazil’s ‘Pandora’

Can a massive dam project in the Amazon be stopped?

Kenneth Rapoza