Politics

The GOP and ALEC’s War on Cities

The Right has hijacked Congress and State Houses. Now it's coming for the cities.

Theo Anderson

The Prospects for Radical Democracy in Spain

The upcoming municipal elections will be a key test for the rising leftist movement in Spain.

Vicente Rubio Pueyo and Pablo La Parra

Illinois Bill Would Ban State Pension Funds from Divesting from Israel

The anti-worker and anti-Palestinian agenda seem to be converging in Illinois.

Ben Lorber

A Historian’s Case for Why We Should Stop Talking About the Founding Fathers

In American politics, the Founding Fathers are more propaganda than people.

David Sehat

A Privatized River Runs Through It

To win its eminent domain suit, Missoula must prove that it is the best manager of its drinking water.

Kate Whittle

Why the U.S. Spent Billions on an Army that Conscripted Child Soldiers

Was that in the "national interest of the United States?"

Nick Turse

Don’t Cry for Chicago, Progressives

Mayor 1% wasn’t the only winner in April.

Micah Uetricht

5 Million Immigrants, Promised Safety From Deportation, Are Still Waiting

Three months after Obama's executive action was supposed to take effect, it's held up in court, leaving millions in legal limbo.

Saadia Malik

How the U.S. ‘Solved’ the Central American Migrant Crisis

By getting Mexico to do its dirty work—and making tens of thousands of migrants more vulnerable to rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder.

Joseph Sorrentino

Presidential Hopeful Scott Walker’s Higher Education Deficit

What do you do after gutting public-sector unions? Gut public universities, it seems.

Susan J. Douglas

Don’t ‘Arquette’ Hillary Clinton

Will Clinton's 2016 campaign, like in 2008, be used to pit women and people of color against each other (as though the two don't overlap)?

Andrea Plaid

Third Party Time ... Out

The quadrennial debate begins.

Joel Bleifuss

The Two Faces of Evo

The Bolivian president gives to the poor but takes from the environment

Linda Farthing

Can Ferguson’s Black Community Claim Political Power?

Rev. and Missouri state Rep. Tommie Pierson, who has found himself in the eye of the storm, reflects on Ferguson's recent elections and the DOJ report.

Emmett Rensin

Could Elizabeth Warren Really Run Against Hillary Clinton?

Some are holding out for a progressive alternative to a Clinton coronation.

Jessica Stites

Rahm Emanuel Agrees to $5.5 Million in Reparations for Police Torture Survivors

After a decades-long battle by survivors and advocates, Chicago is poised to finally address a dark legacy.

Keisa Reynolds

Ready for a Woman, But Not Hillary Clinton

She may be a feminist, but Hillary Clinton's policies and demeanor fit nicely with the old boys' club on Capitol Hill.

Susan J. Douglas

From Moral Victories to Tangible Ones

Jesus "Chuy" Garcia’s defeat was crushing. But Chicago progressives won, at the very least, a moral victory. Or maybe much more.

Rick Perlstein