Politics

The Weapons Industry Lobbyist Advising Joe Biden

Stuart Eizenstat has worked as a powerful political advisor, as well as a corporate lobbyist for the oil and arms industries.

Naomi LaChance

When It Comes to U.S. Militarism, Elizabeth Warren Is No Progressive

There's one important issue on which Warren has not veered far from the Democratic establishment.

Sarah Lazare

Rashida Tlaib May Be Under Attack By the Right, But She’s Beloved in Her District

In These Times spent a day with Tlaib in Detroit.

Valerie Vande Panne

Young Democrats Are Furious Over the DCCC’s Blacklist Punishing Insurgents

At a time of rising energy on the Democrats' left flank, the DCCC is giving a crash course in how to alienate young progressives.

Branko Marcetic

We Talked with the New Hampshire Family in Andrew Yang’s Universal Basic Income Experiment

The $1,000/month from Yang has changed the Fassis' lives in small ways—and kindled their imaginations.

Andrew Schwartz

It’s Not Progressive To Fund Medicare for All by Agreeing to a Bloated Military

House Progressives tried to tie funding for bold social programs to the military budget, dollar for dollar. That's timid and wrongheaded.

Sarah Lazare

Write Black Americans a Check Already

Direct payments to individuals are an important piece of any reparations program.

William Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen

The Crackdown on Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange Is About Protecting U.S. Empire

By publishing information provided by whistleblower Chelsea Manning, WikiLeaks shined light on U.S. war crimes. But exposing empire comes at a cost.

Chip Gibbons

Universal Programs, Not Reparations, Are Needed To Counter Racism’s Effects

The racial wealth gap is real and pernicious, but reparations are not the answer.

Zaid Jilani and Leighton Woodhouse

The 2020 Candidates Are Dodging the Reparations Question

Here's what they get wrong, and how to get it right.

Janaé Bonsu

The Alarming Rise of Civilian Deaths in the War On Terror

New reports show an escalation in civilian casualties from U.S. operations in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia — and a pattern of U.S. denial about the scale of the problem.

Phyllis Bennis

As Long as Guantanamo Exists, Trump Has a Torture Chamber Ready To Use

The administration has discussed warehousing refugee children at the notorious prison.

Maha Hilal

Joe Biden Is Railing Against Hedge Fund Managers, But He Has a Long History of Courting Them

Biden may cast himself as the champion of working people, but he's seeking support from the same financial elite that he chides on the 2020 campaign trail.

Branko Marcetic

Make Elizabeth Warren Hate Again

We don't just need Elizabeth Warren's ideas. We need her rage.

Moe Tkacik

Biden Says He’s the Workers’ Candidate, But He Has Worked To Cut Medicare and Social Security

The universal retirement programs are Biden’s go-to sacrificial lambs.

Branko Marcetic

These 2020 Candidates Are the Darlings of Wall Street. The Numbers Are Proof.

Cory Booker, Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand are among the top beneficiaries of Wall Street money, despite their rhetoric about regulating the banking industry.

Branko Marcetic

How Trade Agreements Stand in the Way of an International Green New Deal

To reduce emissions abroad, the U.S. must renegotiate its trade agreements.

Basav Sen

The Victims of the Trump-Netanyahu Special Relationship

The flurry of favors the president did for Netanyahu could constrain U.S. policy — and hurt people in the region — for years to come.

Phyllis Bennis