Politics

Trump Is Handing the State Department Over from Exxon Mobil to the Tea Party

The likely next Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is a Koch-funded, far-right ideologue who supports torture, denies climate change, disparages Muslims and sounds thirsty for war.

Stephen Zunes

If We Want to Support Refugees, We Need To End the Wars That Create Them

The sanctuary movement needs an anti-war voice.

Azadeh Shahshahani and Maha Hilal

Environmentalists Are Teaming Up With Immigrant Rights Activists To Stop Trump’s Border Wall

In South Texas, a community rallies to protect both its wildlife and residents.

Yvonne S. Marquez

Should We Primary Every Democrat?

Three views on left electoral strategy ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

In These Times Writers

This Progressive New Mexican Could Become the First Native-American Woman in Congress

Deb Haaland is running on a platform of Medicare-for-all, marijuana decriminalization, and renewable energy.

Kate Aronoff

A West Virginia Candidate Got Kicked out the Capitol for Calling Out Big Oil. She’s Not Sorry.

Lissa Lucas thinks we need politicians who aren’t taking their marching orders from corporations.

Sasha Kramer

First Silicon Valley Sold You Social Media. Now It’s Trying to Sell You the Antidote.

It turns out that selling solutions to problems created by the tech industry presents a tremendous business opportunity.

Julianne Tveten

We Can Fight for Gun Control Without Locking People Up

Solutions rooted in policing and prisons just contribute to a culture of violence.

Daniel Denvir

What Italy’s “Potere al Popolo” Can Teach Us About Building a Popular Party of the Left

This party is rejecting the false choice between a Europe united under the misery of austerity, or one united under the horrors of racism and bigotry.

Valentina Dallona

When It Comes to the Fake News Scourge, Russia Doesn’t Hold a Candle to U.S. Conservative Media

The panic over Russian interference obscures the fact that fake news has always been with us—it’s just been pushed by the American Right.

Branko Marcetic

While Democrats Call for Gun Control at Home, They Push Deadly Arms Deals Abroad

To seriously address the scourge of gun violence, we must oppose U.S. militarism around the globe. Many leading Democrats haven’t gotten the message.

Adam Johnson

The FBI Questioned a Black Man About Racist Extremists in Charlottesville—Now He Could Go to Prison

Authorities are arresting and charging anti-racist demonstrators for events connected to the Unite the Right rally, even though it was white supremacists who unleashed violence on the town.

Michael Arria

The People of Honduras Do Not Owe Obedience to an Imposed Government

Despite brutal repression, the people of Honduras have resisted the U.S.-backed dictatorship since the 2009 coup d’état.

Melissa Cardoza

Behind the Explosion in Socialism Among American Teens

The dramatic growth of YDSA chapters confirms that millennials don’t think capitalism is working for them.

Rebecca Stoner

Can the Democratic Party’s Left Flank Win in 2018? This Illinois Primary Could Be a Bellwether

Progressive challenger Marie Newman is hoping to shock the political establishment by unseating House Rep. Dan Lipinski, a conservative Democrat and longtime incumbent.

Daniel Moattar

This Former NFL Player Is Running on a Progressive Agenda to Flip a Red District in Texas

Former linebacker Colin Allred is hoping to take out Republican Rep. Pete Sessions by campaigning on Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and automatic voter registration. But first, he will have to win the upcoming Democratic primary.

Kate Aronoff

No More Fairy Tales: Why the United States Needs a Whole New Operating System

Thomas Linzey

Bernie Sanders Just Sidestepped Corporate Media to Promote Medicare for All to 1 Million Viewers

The democratic socialist senator’s town hall on universal healthcare marks a new phase in the political revolution.

Theo Anderson