Politics

How We Can Save American Democracy

Amending the Constitution may sound audacious, but it's not impossible.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

‘No Trauma, No-Bama,’ Activists Tell University of Chicago

Carlos Ballesteros

Judgment Day for Payday Lenders

Religious groups in the South fight a predatory practice.

Theo Anderson

Message to ‘Moral Mondays’ Protesters: Be Silent—Or Else

North Carolina residents are being denied First Amendment rights.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Ice I.C.E., Baby

Philly's landmark law to limit deportations.

Waleed Shahid

Just Whose National Security?

The government's idea of protection seems awfully self-serving.

Noam Chomsky

Americans Pay the Price for Private Equity Firms’ Sins

When private equity firms illegally game the system, plutocrats aren't the only ones who suffer.

David Sirota

UN Blast of U.S. Human Rights Record Goes Mostly Unnoticed

U.S. media outlets have largely ignored a UN report noting America's human rights violations.

Ana Martinez

Italy’s Forgotten Refugees

The country's structural support systems are quaking under the sheer volume of immigrants seeking asylum.

Giorgio Ghiglione

Should We Fight the System or Be the Change?

The strengths and weaknesses of prefigurative politics.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Abortion’s Underground Railroad

As state laws restrict abortion access, volunteers are stepping up to help women clear the hurdles.

Eesha Pandit

Amara and Goliath

It's official: Rahm Emanuel has a challenger.

Kari Lydersen

Will Cuomo Keep His Promises?

The Working Families Party went out on a limb when it endorsed the conservative Democrat.

Sarah Jaffe

Will the EU Elections Change Fate of Spanish Anti-Choice Bill?

Ana Martinez

Big Cable’s Almighty Dollar

Will Comcast's and Time Warner Cable's money outpace public objection to their potential merger? Stay tuned.

David Sirota

Bernie Sanders: The People’s President?

The Vermont senator on why he's mulling a run for the White House in 2016

Joel Bleifuss

Two Ways Chris Christie Screwed Over Pensioners for GOP Donors

How the New Jersey governor spawned the shortfall.

David Sirota

Run, Bernie, Run—But As What?

Dems, Greens, independents and socialists are courting Vermont’s junior senator.

Cole Stangler