The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature

We Can’t Afford to Let Nancy Pelosi Bury the Green New Deal

Incoming speaker creates climate committee with limited powers—undermining a far more ambitious initiative.

Christopher D. Cook

Feature

As Democratic Leadership Moves to Kill the Green New Deal, Cries of Betrayal

"There's a big part of the Democratic Party that's basically indifferent about the end of human civilization but paying it some lip service."

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams

Labor

Working-Class Journalism in the Age of Oligarchs

Barbara Ehrenreich

Labor

The 8 Most Important Labor Stories of 2018

Rebecca Burns

Feature

We Can Reclaim Christmas from Capitalism

The case for getting rid of Santa and ending the commodification of the holiday season.

Valerie Vande Panne

Feature

The Left Victories That Defined 2018—And Give Us Hope for the New Year

Despite Trump's destructive presidency, the Left made important strides this year—from electoral victories to strikes, union campaigns, movement organizing and popularizing left-wing policies.

Marc Daalder

Culture

News Feed Fatigue: It’s Getting Harder To Think

The case for taking a break from the news.

Jessa Crispin

Feature

This Little-Known Libertarian Training School Is Making Federal Judges More Conservative

After attending training at the Manne Economics Institute, judges are more likely to issue longer prison sentences and overturn protections for workers and the environment.

Moshe Z. Marvit

Culture

Actually, We Don’t Need To Grow the Economy

Protecting the planet requires scaling down, not up.

Dayton Martindale

Dispatch

Jailed by an Algorithm

Algorithms that are supposed to remove sentencing bias may perpetuate racism instead, say civil rights groups.

Nick Muscavage

Feature

The Year in “Civility”: The 6 Worst Appeals to Norms and Good Manners of 2018

As the Right went on the offensive, these Democrats called for appeasement.

Marco Cartolano and Sarah Lazare

Labor

Why Are These Labor Unions Opposing Medicare for All?

Natalie Shure

Feature

The Trump Administration’s War On Science Is Worse Than the Inquisition

The White House's crude deflections on science aren't simply ignorant — they're calculated to serve the fossil fuel industry at the entire planet's expense.

Basav Sen

Viewpoint

We Got a Blue Wave, But We Can Win So Much More—If We Mobilize Now

This fight is for civilization’s survival—one that will require the mobilization not seen since the civil rights movement.

Joel Bleifuss

Rural America

Indian Country: The Situation is Bleak, But Not Hopeless

Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

Labor

You’re a Sad Scab, Mr. Chait

Shaun Richman

Feature

Good Candidates Won’t Be Enough in 2020—We Must Overhaul Our Entire Voting System

There’s a growing national movement across party lines for multi-member districts and ranked-choice voting.

Rob Richie

Feature

The Senate Just Took the Biggest Step Yet Toward Ending U.S. Support for the Yemen War

After years of protest against the devastating onslaught, the Senate finally took steps to halt the war in Yemen.

Miles Kampf-Lassin and Sarah Lazare