Politics

The Shocking Lack of Diversity on State Supreme Courts

White male-dominated courts are a threat to judicial impartiality—and to democracy.

Daniel Fernandez

Which Candidates’ Climate Plans Put Justice First? We Break It Down.

Several Democratic contenders offer ambitious proposals to support workers and communities of color.

Christine MacDonald

How Dare Samantha Power Scrub the Yemen War From Her Memoir

Power backed the disastrous U.S. intervention in Yemen. But you wouldn't know that from reading her much-lauded memoir.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

Whose Grid? Our Grid! Chicago’s Campaign To Put Electricity Under Public Control

A democratically owned electric utility could fast-track the city's transition to clean energy.

Alex Schwartz

Joe Biden Lied His Face Off About the Iraq War

Our score for Biden’s debate performance: 8 million pinocchios.

Branko Marcetic

Here’s the Radical Housing Plan That All 2020 Candidates Should Embrace

With the U.S. facing an extreme housing crisis, now there's a clear-eyed plan for guaranteeing housing as a human right. The 2020 candidates should get on board.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

The U.S.-Backed Coalition Can’t Agree on Why It’s Bombing Yemen

As Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates clash over their goals, the people of Yemen are paying the price.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

A Progressive Approach to China

Progressives must reject the false choice between Trump’s anti-China protectionism and the “free trade” status quo that preceded him

Tobita Chow

Bolsonaro Says Environmental NGOs Are Burning the Amazon. That Conspiracy Theory Has a Strange Past.

How a book published in 2001 fueled a dangerous right-wing narrative in Brazil.

Michael Fox

A Close Look at Kamala Harris’ Hawkish Foreign Policy

Harris has little to say on the subject. But her record speaks volumes.

Sarah Lazare

Elizabeth Warren Is Making a Mistake By Trying to Win Over Democratic Party Elites

If Warren wants to enact “big, structural change,” working within the Democratic Party establishment is a poor strategy.

Branko Marcetic

The Debates Are Too Important To Be in the Hands of Corporate Media and the DNC

We need independently run debates that put substantive policy discussion first.

Julie Hollar

Want To Fix the Debates? Shut Down the Trump-Style Theatrics.

The sensationalist, ratings-first format needs to change—and candidates should boycott debates until it does.

Susan J. Douglas

Kamala Harris Pledged To Halt Fracking. Her Foreign Policy Advisor Wants The Opposite.

If ‘personnel is policy,’ then the choice of Michèle Flournoy suggests a President Harris would expand oil and natural gas extraction.

Branko Marcetic

Unions Have Supported Democrats for Decades. It’s Time for Dems To Keep Their Promises.

Unions have played a critical role in helping Democrats get elected. What do they have to show for it?

Diana Babineau

Sanders and Warren Released Criminal Justice Plans This Week. Here’s What’s Good, Bad and Missing.

The plans are a good starting point, but they are far from the finish line.

Dan Berger and Kay Whitlock

Bernie Sanders Calls To Seize the Means of Electricity Production

The presidential candidate's new climate plan includes moving toward 100% public ownership of power.

Johanna Bozuwa

At First-Ever Native American Presidential Forum, Candidates Answer to Centuries of Injustice

With Indian country’s electoral power growing, presidential hopefuls pledged to honor treaties and enact structural change.

Stephanie Woodard