Politics

Diane Ravitch: Trump’s Nominee for Secretary of Education Could Gut Public Ed

Billionaire Betsy DeVos will be great for private, religious and charter schools—and bad news for students and teachers.

Diane Ravitch

Why We Need a New Left Internationalism

Neither neoliberal globalization nor populist isolationism offers a workable path forward.

Leon Fink

“There’s Not Very Much Time”: Robert Reich’s Plan to Fix the Democratic Party

The progressive economist outlines his vision for reviving the economy, reinventing the party and resisting Donald Trump.

Joel Bleifuss

“Identity Politics” Takes a Hit

After the election, many on the Black Left are once again grappling with the "race vs. class" debate.

Salim Muwakkil

A Deal with the Orange Devil? Progressives Debate Whether to Seek Common Ground With Trump

The president-elect says he wants a jobs-creating infrastructure bill—should Democrats help make it happen?

John Feffer and Max Sawicky

Donald Trump’s Plans Are Incredibly Unpopular

The president-elect is missing a mandate in more ways than one.

Susan J. Douglas

How Colleges and Universities Are Defying Trump

The student campaign to make schools into sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants.

Kate Aronoff

Democratic Elites Are Uneasy With Keith Ellison. That Is Exactly Why He Should Be Head of the DNC.

The Democratic Party must be rebuilt—from the bottom up.

Joel Bleifuss

The High Priest of the Church of Trump

How Stephen Bannon is using evangelical narratives to spread the gospel of Trumpism.

Theo Anderson

The First Hippies

The new book Rebel Crossings showcases a small band of feminist utopians who came to America to try something new.

Jane Miller

Handbook for the Resistance: A User’s Guide to Taking On the Trump Agenda

Writers and organizers offer a handbook for fighting back.

In These Times Editors

CNN’s New Book Is a Master Class in How Not to Cover an Election

The news network's instant retrospective on the Trump-Clinton race is as vacuous as their initial coverage was.

Chris Lehmann

Keith Ellison and Bernie Sanders: How To Remake the Democratic Party

The two congressmen discuss Donald Trump, Ellison's bid for DNC chair and how progressives can actually win.

Keith Ellison and Bernie Sanders

“Hope Not Hate”: A Roadmap for Navigating the Racist Backlash Against Neoliberalism

Anti-fascist organizing in post-Brexit Britain offers lessons for Trump’s America.

Kate Aronoff

The Android Manifesto: Finding Marx in Westworld

The HBO drama is a surprisingly astute tale of alienated labor and false consciousness.

Eileen Jones

The GOP Made Kansas a Test Case for Faith-Based Economics. The Results Aren’t Pretty.

Many of the same policies that blew a hole in the state budget are headed to the White House.

Theo Anderson

Dissident-Poet on the Lam: A New Film Captures Pablo Neruda’s Year as a Fugitive

Pablo Larrain's Neruda follows the love-poet-cum-Communist-dissident in a cat-and-mouse chase with the Chilean government.

Michael Atkinson

Did Trump Retaliate Against Twitter Because It Refused to Help Him Build a Muslim Registry?

The official explanation for why CEO Jack Dorsey didn’t get an invite to Trump’s tech meeting leaves a lot to the imagination.

Kate Aronoff