Politics
The Hidden Costs of “National Security”: 10 Ways Your Tax Dollars Are Paying for War
In government terms, make no mistake about it, the Pentagon & Co. are the 1%.
William D. Hartung
At the Bullfrog, Those Left Behind by the Global Economy Find Relief—and a Place to Talk Trump
In a Jamestown, N.Y., hotel and bar, down-and-out former factory workers seek solidarity and camaraderie—often expressed in shared rants about immigrants or liberals.
Kari Lydersen
Is This What “Liberation” Looks Like? U.S. Airstrikes Have Devastated Mosul.
ISIS may be on its way out, but the Iraqi city has a long road ahead.
Phyllis Bennis
Meet the Organizers Pursuing a Progressive Takeover of the Republican Party
‘Brand New Congress’ is going after red states and Republican voters with left populism.
Theo Anderson
Toss Out Your Milquetoast Campaign Slogans: It’s Time to Build Power
To win elections, People's Action is mobilizing from the grassroots.
Theo Anderson
A New Study Shows Hillary Clinton’s Hawkishness May Have Cost Her the Election
The lesson for Democrats is clear: Embrace a strong anti-war program.
Branko Marcetic
‘Police Chose the Klan Over Our People’: On Resisting Racism in Charlottesville
When the KKK came to this city, communities mobilized for collective self-defense. Police were not on their side.
Sarah Jaffe
The Right Calls Climate Change a Leap of Faith. But Denial Is a Leap into the Abyss.
Climate change presents us with an existential challenge: Can humans muster the political will to save ourselves?
Theo Anderson
We Have an Existential Imperative to Resist GOP Death Panels
The casualties of the war on health are real and imminent, not a hyperbolic exaggeration.
Joel Bleifuss
Sorry, Tories: Jeremy Corbyn’s Success Is a Win for the Anti-Austerity Movement
British progressives have a long fight ahead. But for now, we're breathing a collective sigh of relief.
Jane Miller
Game Over: Neither Party’s Health Care Plan Reflects Economic Reality
John Ikerd
London’s Grenfell Disaster is An Indictment of Austerity
The fire’s victims were caught in the crosshairs of public cuts and a housing crisis.
Amar Diwakar
Jane Kleeb, Nebraska Democratic Party Chair, on How to Overcome the Rural-Urban Divide
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New York Is on the Verge of Major Climate Action—But Centrist Democrats Stand in the Way
Lawmakers stalled as advocates pushed to get an ambitious climate bill through the state senate before the legislative session ended.
Kate Aronoff
Defeating the Senate’s Trumpcare Bill Is a Life-or-Death Fight
An organizer for Nevada’s Working Families Party discusses the efforts in her state to block the Senate healthcare bill and push for single-payer.
Sarah Jaffe
Ossoff’s Loss Is Further Proof: Democrats’ Path to Power Is Through Moving Left, Not Center
The results in Georgia show that the Trump resistance can show up to the polls, but centrism isn’t a strategy to win.
Theo Anderson
The Political Revolution Is Alive and Well in Nebraska
Climate campaigner and Democratic Party activist Jane Kleeb is lighting a fire on the prairie.
Joel Bleifuss
Naomi Klein: Why the Revolution Must Be Led By Ordinary People, Not Celebrities
When they go low, we rise up.
Sarah Jaffe
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