Politics
Opinion: When an Elected Official Goes Full Racist, It’s Time To Go Negative
How a Chicago community is pushing back against the racist comments of a local official.
Bassem Kawar and Muhammad Sankari
Neoliberals Are Taking All the Wrong Lessons From Conor Lamb’s Victory
Lamb ran as an anti-establishment, labor-backed candidate who defended the welfare state. To keep winning, Democrats will need to embrace a bold, redistributive program.
Kate Aronoff
Working Night and Day, for 1,000 Years
A new book tells the hidden history of work—on and off the job.
Joanna Scutts
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
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