Politics

How Privatization Fuels Catastrophic Climate Change

Privatization deals in the realm of climate hand over decision-making from the public to private profiteers. That's an untenable situation.

Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian

Youth to Biden: Drop Debt

Democrats may be doomed in the midterms without student debt cancellation.

Paige Oamek

Biden's Plan to Permanently Seize Afghan Assets Set to Cause Untold Suffering

"I can't think of a worse betrayal of the people of Afghanistan than to freeze their assets and give it to 9/11 families," said one person whose brother was killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Jon Queally

How Targeting Programs to Poor People Leaves Out Poor People

Some centrist Democrats are pushing to make the expanded Child Tax Credit means-tested. In practice, that often means restricting benefits for the very people who need it most.

Jim Pugh

A Landmark Bill Would Outlaw Bosses Cutting off Healthcare to Striking Workers

Employers regularly eliminate healthcare benefits as a strike-breaking tactic. A bill just introduced in Congress seeks to finally end this practice.

Indigo Olivier

The Supreme Court Has Long Been Anti-Worker. This Is Biden’s Chance to Change That. 

To fulfill his promise of being a “pro-union president,” Biden should choose a justice who has shown a commitment to defending workers’ rights.

Moshe Z. Marvit

States Now Hold the Key to Making Medicare for All a Reality

With action stalled at the national level, local elected officials and movement organizers have joined forces to enact single-payer healthcare.

Michael Lighty

Financial Superbubble Meets Political Dystopia

The next major recession will be the final ingredient in America's poisonous post-Trump evolution.

Hamilton Nolan

Disrupt or Anchor the Democratic Party? Why Not Both?

Political scientists Frances Fox Piven and Daniel Schlozman offer key perspectives on whether movements should put pressure on political parties from the outside, or focus on gaining insider power themselves.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

The “Great Resignation” Is Just Hype

The solution to Biden’s economic problems is simple: spend more money to fuel the recovery.

Max B. Sawicky

How January 6 Is Being Used to Crush Dissent on the Left

Rather than grapple with the political forces behind the Capitol siege, lawmakers have instead pushed a spate of anti-protest laws across the country.

Branko Marcetic

The Ticking Bomb of Crypto Fascism

The crypto market's inevitable crash will pull America's politics in an even scarier direction.

Hamilton Nolan

A Lot Depends on How Much of a Sociopath Joe Manchin Is

Will he watch the world burn for the sake of civility?

Hamilton Nolan

Stop Buying Holiday Gifts for Your Boss

A third of U.S. workers say they buy presents for their manager. It’s time to end this predatory ritual once and for all.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Running Scared from Inflation Is a Recipe for Ruining the Economy

The specter of inflation is being invoked by Sen. Joe Manchin to block vital social programs in the Build Back Better bill. It's just a pretext for class war.

Max B. Sawicky

Is Money for Nukes More Important Than Paid Family Leave? Congress Thinks So.

With Biden’s Build Back Better bill sidelined, the Senate just approved a gigantic military budget—including funds for “useable” nukes. That’s unconscionable.

Danny Sjursen

Big Panic For a Democracy That Never Was

Donald Trump is no more of a threat to democracy than the U.S. Constitution itself.

Hamilton Nolan

Lauren Boebert Is Inciting Violence Against Muslims. This Can't Be Tolerated.

Boebert’s Islamophobic attacks are a threat not just to Ilhan Omar, but to all Muslims in America. It’s time that she faces consequences for her racist actions.

Junaid Ahmed