Politics

Expand Overtime Pay? GOP Says No

Republicans apparently don't believe that Americans who work longer hours should get paid more.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

The Fight Doesn’t End on Election Day

New York and Boston's new mayors have both vowed liberal reforms—but what will it take to turn their promises into reality?

Amy Dean

Ending the Pain in Venezuela

A call for civility between Venezuela's warring factions.

Achy Obejas

Community Colleges’ Failing Grade

Institutions have to fix their socioeconomic divisions before they can truly help students in need.

Michelle Chen

Budget Battles: Beyond Obama vs. Ryan

The Congressional Progressive Caucus hopes to shift the annual budget debates away from austerity.

Cole Stangler

Poll: Right-Wing Pro-Israel Lobbying Group AIPAC Losing Influence

Sarah Berlin

How Social Security Was Saved

Progressive groups and their allies in Congress win one for the people.

Cole Stangler

Is Obama’s Budget Really ‘Dead on Arrival’?

Republicans like Darrell Issa don't want to engage in debate, they want to stifle it.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Schoolteachers Take On the Chicago Machine

The Chicago Teachers Union flexes its political muscle in the March primaries.

Joel Bleifuss

Who Has The Right to Track You?

As states begin to rein in mass surveillance, corporations argue that they have a right to collect data.

David Sirota

The GOP’s Attack on Basic Rights Continues

Over the last several weeks, Republicans have proposed—and sometimes passed—legislation limiting the civil liberties of some citizens.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

In Times of Government Surveillance, Whose ‘Security’ Is at Stake?

Officials claim the current state policy is necessary to preserve the public's well-being.

Noam Chomsky

The Third Party That’s Winning

With new strategies, the Working Families Party is shaking up the two-party system.

Sarah Jaffe

The Real Welfare Queens

A new report shows corporations like Koch Industries have gotten billions in government subsidies.

David Sirota

Jersey Hustle

The South Jersey political corruption depicted in American Hustle still persists, in a new form.

Bhaskar Sunkara

Do Federal Prosecutors Have a Vested Interest in Blocking Sentencing Reform?

Andrew Mortazavi

Why the Internet Will Soon Be Two-Tiered

Low-income people of color stand to lose the most from the erosion of net neutrality.

Jay Cassano and Michael Brooks

Anti-Fracking Fight Heats Up in Maryland

Baltimore's march against the proposed Cove Point project was the largest environmental protest in the city's history.

Bruce Vail