The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Election 2024

What Biden's "Rent Cap" Is, and Isn't

It’s an ideological win for the left that won’t actually cap rents–but opens the door to other, bolder federal action.

Rebecca Burns

Jane McAlevey addresses a crowd before a banner that reads in part "STAND TOGETHER."

Labor

Rules to Live By

Remembering labor’s fierce organizer, strategist and writer, Jane McAlevey.

Alex Press

Labor

Capital Has No Borders—Why Should We?

Precarious immigration status creates an exploitable labor force, allowing bosses to drive down wages for everyone. Inside the labor case for open borders.

Maurizio Guerrero

Viewpoint

There’s No Good Reason To Be Spending Nearly $1 Trillion On Our Military Budget

Congress is spending on the military like it’s World War III. Diverting that money to jobs, healthcare, and the climate would make us far safer.

Lindsay Koshgarian

FeatureThe Socialism Issue

The Library Is a Commons

A socialist former president of the American Library Association on why defending libraries is fighting capitalism.

Emily Drabinski

ViewpointElection 2024

The Best Counter to Project 2025 Is a Progressive Project 2025

If President Biden—or any Democratic replacement—wants to get back in the race, they need a positive moral vision to run on, not just dire warnings.

Adam Johnson

Rural America

The “Clean Energy” Industry Ravaging Natural Forests to Feed Power Generators

Claiming to be a climate solution, biomass companies want to expand wood pellet factories and export terminals to the West Coast.

Nick Engelfried

A row of coal miners sit with lanterns on their helmets. The front one, in focus, looks worried.

LaborViewpoint

Republicans Just Handed Down a Death Sentence to the Nation's Coal Miners

As black lung continues to kill coal miners, House Republicans moved to block enforcement of a life-saving safety rule.

Kim Kelly

ViewpointElection 2024

Onward, Christian Soldiers—To War!

At this year’s National Conservatism Conference, a right-wing army prepares to rise.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

The World’s Richest Just Got Extraordinarily More Wealthy—Taxing Them Doesn’t Go Nearly Far Enough

Lessening inequality isn’t the only reason to tax the super rich. We also need to decrease their political power while spending on social programs that benefit the working class.

Max B. Sawicky

LaborInterviewPodcast

“Patients should not be treated like commodities”: Baltimore Nurses Are Fighting for a Transformative First Contract

Understaffing leaves nurses pulled in multiple directions and unable to offer optimal care. These nurses are fighting to change that.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborInterviewPodcast

Flooding in Brazil Has Displaced More Than 600,000 People From Their Homes as States Slash Prevention Funding

“Underneath is this deep-seated trauma that will last for years and decades and sometimes lifetimes for people.”

Maximillian Alvarez

InvestigationGoodman Institute

The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders

Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.

Alessandra Bergamin

Departments

When transit riders refuse to just sit back

Though public transportation is a vital resource for many, governments don't always adequately invest in it. Transit rider unions can get us back on the right track.

J. Patrick Patterson

Viewpoint

Congress Is Leaving More than 1 Million Nonprofit Workers Out of Retirement Benefits

When investing in Americans’ future, Congress should not exclude nonprofit workers.

Chitra Ayar

InterviewCulture

Goodbye Julia Brings Sudan Front and Center

Director Mohamed Kordofani discusses how the film became a powerful exploration of injustice and reconciliation.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

LaborViewpoint

Keir Starmer Is Very Serious About the Status Quo

The UK's new Prime Minister, elected on July 4, won't touch the structures that helped him ascend to power—and that hold most working people in Britain down.

Sarah Jaffe

Viewpoint

"We Demand Justice": People's Tribunal Finds Marcos, Duterte and Biden Guilty of War Crimes

The Philippine government, with U.S. support, has engaged in violent, extralegal repression of activists, the tribunal found. The verdict is one step toward justice.

Wade Phillips, Chet Baughman and Azadeh Shahshahani