Politics

Worried About Russian Foreign Interference? Take a Look Into Saudi Arabia.

For decades, the D.C. establishment has been on the payroll of a foreign terror state. But because it's Saudi Arabia, you won't hear a peep.

Branko Marcetic

A Newly Elected Democratic Socialist On How to Win in Trump Country

Ross Grooters explains how he won a city council seat as an open socialist in Pleasant Hill, Iowa—which last year went for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.

Isaiah J. Poole, People's Action

Why Didn’t We Listen to this Guy?: Bernie Sanders on the GOP Tax Plan and Global Oligarchy

Rural America In These Times

How Democratic Socialists Took On Centrists and the Right Wing at the Ballot Box

David Duhalde, deputy director of the Democratic Socialists of America, discusses the group's recent electoral success—and what they have planned for 2018.

Sarah Jaffe

Bernie Sanders Is Now Backing Randy Bryce—Which Could Be Very Bad News for Paul Ryan

Sanders' endorsement of Bryce comes at a time when the former union organizer and steelworker is rising in the polls in his bid to unseat House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Marc Daalder

Barbara Lee’s War on War

Washington’s voice of conscience since 9/11.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook

The Paradise Papers Are Proof That Capitalism and Racism Fuel The Global Plutocracy

To end the immoral abuses documented in the Paradise Papers, we must challenge the systems of both entrenched wealth and racial domination.

Sam Adler-Bell

The Elephants in the Resistance: Don’t Trust the Anti-Trump Republicans

Sen. Jeff Flake and his ilk aren’t the heroes we’re looking for.

Rick Perlstein

The Democratic Socialists Scored Some Big Wins. Here’s What They’re Planning Next.

A conversation with Christian Bowe, national political committee member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Kate Aronoff

Socialists Just Showed the Democratic Party How to Win Across the U.S.

Tuesday night’s progressive electoral wave is proof that embracing a bold left agenda is the key to victory.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Meet Larry Krasner, Philly’s New Progressive DA Who Has Sued the City’s Police Dept. 75 Times

Krasner beat his Republican opponent by over 40 points last night, part of a progressive electoral wave across the country.

Nyle Fort

If Berniecrats Were British: How Jeremy Corbyn’s Momentum Won the Soul of the Labour Party

Momentum continues to play a central role in organizing the Left in the U.K.’s Labour party.

Sarah Jaffe

This Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Wants To Disarm and Demilitarize Police—And He’s Winning

Raymond Dehn's progressive policies on criminal justice, housing and more are resonating across the city.

Valerie Vande Panne

Trump Must Go

We can’t have an out-of-control president with a finger on the button.

Joel Bleifuss

Want a Radical Alternative to Trump’s Immigration Agenda? Try Open Borders.

It's not just a pipe dream.

Dayton Martindale

Pruitt Is Removing Science Advisers Who Have Received EPA Funding, But He’s OK With Industry Funding

The EPA administrator called for scientific independence while drowning in fossil fuel money.

Kate Aronoff

Why the Minneapolis Political Establishment Is Scared of Ginger Jentzen

The socialist city council candidate is running on a platform of rent control and reducing inequality—and she’s massively outraising her opponents.

David Duhalde

When the Government Orders You to Burn Your Crops

Colombian farmers are a casualty of the war on coca.

Kimberley Brown