The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Culture
Emigrating From the U.S. May Be the Only Way To Afford Eldercare
A nursing home for my mother in Germany would cost less than half of what she pays in Sacramento.
Elizabeth Zach
Labor
Federal Employees Are Suing the Trump Administration for Forcing Them to Work for Free
Michael Arria
Feature
What a Night in Border Patrol Custody Taught Me About How We Treat Migrants
I was released from the nightmare of detention--but most are not.
Matthew Leber
Viewpoint
What We Can Learn From the “Janes” of the 1960s Underground Abortion Network
Rather than despair, abortion advocates should learn from a long, radical history of community organizing and mutual aid.
Eesha Pandit
Labor
Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Union Man
Peter Cole
Culture
Black Lives Matter. Do Elections?
Barbara Ransby profiles today’s Black freedom fighters, who are posing sophisticated new answers to old Left questions—like how to engage in electoral politics.
Frances Fox Piven
Labor
Trump’s Shutdown Is Forcing Over 400,000 Federal Employees To Work Without Pay
Saurav Sarkar
Feature
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s 70% Tax Proposal Is a Great Start—But We Need to Abolish the Ultra-Rich
To combat inequality and oligarchy, we need to tax the accumulated wealth of the billionaire class, not just income.
Mark Engler and Andrew Elrod
Culture
Racism After the First Black President
The GOP has become viciously racist, while Democrats follow Obama’s lead in skirting the issue.
James Thindwa
Feature
Why Are Federal Workers Selling Oil Drilling Rights in the Midst of a Shutdown?
Any Green New Deal has to address the Department of the Interior's role in fueling climate change.
Ryan Driskell Tate
Viewpoint
After 3 Decades, Privatization Has Been Proven a Failure. Let’s Bury It for Good.
Handing public assets and services over to the free market has been a boon for corporate America and a disaster for the working class.
Jeremy Mohler
Dispatch
Millennials Are Ruining Trust Funds
Through the organization Resource Generation, wealthy young people are giving away their money to advance systemic change.
Andrew Schwartz
Feature
Native Americans Take Power
The new wave of indigenous elected officials.
Stephanie Woodard
Feature
10 Years After Israel’s Brutal War on Gaza, The UN Is Still Failing Palestinians
The United Nations has a dangerous history of failing to uphold Palestinian rights -- but pressure inside and out of the institution can change that.
Phyllis Bennis
Feature
We Won Clemency for Cyntoia Brown—Now Let’s Free all Survivors
Courts are punishing Black girls and women for surviving. These four women, and so many more, should be free.
Brit Schulte
Feature
The Stealthy Corporate Scheme to Privatize Pittsburgh’s Water System
When private companies take over public water systems, service often deteriorates. Pittsburgh could be next.
Doug Shields
Feature
“Welcome to the Revolution”: LA Teachers Strike Pits Working-Class Power Against Privatization
Over 30,000 Los Angeles teachers are out on a historic strike to beat back austerity and pro-charter school forces.
David Dayen
Labor
Here’s Why LA Teachers Are Walking Out in a Historic Strike
Julianne Tveten
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