Politics

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

The Democrats Need a Shadow Cabinet

If Hillary Clinton had learned anything from the election, here's what she would say.

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

Maine Leads the Nation in Campaign Finance Reform

The head of Maine Citizens for Clean Elections talks about the corrupting influence of money in politics and what we can do about it.

Theo Anderson

Here’s What’s More Troubling About Rex Tillerson Than His Ties to Putin

As Secretary of State, Exxon's CEO could do enormous damage to the climate.

Kate Aronoff

The Fight For Free College Moves to the States

How student organizers and a state representative are campaigning to eliminate tuition in Illinois.

Jeff Schuhrke

Bill McKibben: Where the Climate Movement Can Still Make Progress, Even Under President Trump

Moving forward won't be easy, but we can help prevent the worst.

Bill McKibben

Tom Geoghegan: 4 Things We the People Can Do About Our Unjust Voting System and a President Trump

A case for a house divided.

Thomas Geoghegan

How Keith Ellison’s DNC Bid Exposed Democratic Party Division on Israel

His rise touched a nerve among pro-Israel Democrats worried that ironclad bipartisan support for Israel is slipping.

Alex Kane

No, Rahm Emanuel Should Definitely Not Become Head of the DNC

Neoliberal centrism is exactly the wrong direction for the Democrats.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

9 Things Obama Could Do Before Leaving Office To Rein In the National Security State

With Trump on the way, the lame duck should do whatever he can to limit the next president’s power.

Pratap Chatterjee

Bernie Sanders’ New Book Offers a Roadmap for Progressives to Challenge the Establishment

"Our Revolution" brims with the same righteous indignation and relentless optimism that drew bigger and bigger crowds to his rallies.

Steve Early and Rand Wilson

The Democratic Party Has Failed—We Need a Radical Vision to Defeat Trumpism

The neoliberal establishment couldn’t stop Trump. A campaign for real economic justice can.

Zack Exley

A Message to Trump: We’re Not Going Back in the Shadows

Undocumented immigrants are ready to mobilize and resist.

Prerna Lal

Why Targeting Corporate Democrats Must Be Part of the Fight Against Trump

In order to combat President Trump, progressives have to challenge establishment Democrats and their corporate-friendly policies.

Mark Engler

Defending the Commons: 40 Years of In These Times

As the corporate assault on the environment grow, so does the movement against it.

Dayton Martindale

How an Entitled Clinton and the “Politics of Resentment” Gave Us Trump

Some lessons only become clear with time, but the 2016 election has already taught us a lot about our differences.

Theo Anderson

Pushing the Democratic Party Left: 40 Years of In These Times

Since 1976, In These Times has pressured Democrats for a more progressive agenda.

Joel Bleifuss