Politics

Texas: The Blue Frontier

Texas won't turn blue from the top down, but it may already be doing so from the ground up.

Theo Anderson

Whatever Obama’s Calculations, Socialism Is Still Alive and Well in Cuba

After 54 years of the most powerful country on earth with its boot on your collective neck, any relief is worthy of celebration.

Tom Hansen

Why Bernie Sanders Needs to Run for President—As an Independent

The corporate capture of both parties, explosion of energy in grassroots movements, and popular disgust with politics as usual make this the perfect moment for Sanders to run outside the Democratic Party.

David Goodner

Insanely Rich People Insisting They’re Just Average Joes: Only in America

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew can't wrap his head around the fact that he's really, really wealthy.

David Sirota

Should We Oppose the Intervention Against ISIS?

Most U.S. leftists say yes. But voices we rarely hear—Kurds and members of the Syrian opposition—have more ambiguous views.

Danny Postel

Land of the Free and Home of the Enhanced Interrogators

We need a truth and reconciliation commission to deal with our torture problem.

Chris Lehmann

The Media’s 3 False Assumptions About American Torture

The Senate torture report could be the opening we need to make U.S. torture a thing of the past. Let’s not waste it.

Rebecca Gordon

We Can’t All Just Get Along

In our era of polarization, one party is guiltier than the other.

Susan J. Douglas

Slavoj Žižek: How the United States Rolls

It's lonely being the global policeman.

Slavoj Žižek

Why No One Remembers the Peacemakers

Elites prefer to commemorate dead soldiers, but perhaps we should remember the fighters who deserted and the activists who demanded peace.

Adam Hochschild

When Police ‘Reforms’ Only Legitimize Police Abuses

The proposed policing reforms in response to the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner won't lessen police violence against communities of color. In fact, they may actually make it worse.

Michael Collins

In Iraq and Beyond, U.S. Foreign Policy is Based On Complete Fallacies

How can we ever hope for a sane foreign policy in the Middle East when America's bedrock assumptions about the region are completely wrong?

Andrew J. Bacevich

Should We Trust Him? The Mixed Results of Obama’s Past Immigrant Relief Measures

Past executive actions for undocumented immigrants under the president's administration haven't always delivered.

Yana Kunichoff

Journalists Aren’t Covering Local Elections. Our Democracy Is Suffering Because of It.

What if you held an election and nobody showed up to cover it? Americans now know the answer: elections with lots of paid ads but little journalism, context or objective facts.

David Sirota

Elizabeth Warren Needs to Run for President—Even If She Doesn’t Want To

She's the only one who can save the Democrats from themselves.

Ian Reifowitz

The Real Winner of the Midterms: Wall Street

The crop of newly elected politicians from last week's elections are likely to increase profits for banks while further cutting public sector workers' pensions.

David Sirota

Chicago Progressives’ Midterms Performance Actually Wasn’t That Bad

Far from wringing their hands about last week's election's implications, Chicago progressives should take heart at their performance.

Marilyn Katz

With Net Neutrality, Obama Finally Takes a Principled Stand

By calling for the reclassification of broadband as a utility, the president has opened the lanes for a truly free and open Internet.

Mark Stanley