The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Viewpoint

Why the Corporate Media Loves a Bombing

From Syria to North Korea, the press is growing hungry for war.

Bill Berkowitz

Feature

Mélenchon’s Campaign To Transform French Politics From the Left

The Bernie Sanders of France offers a progressive populist program to remake the Republic.

Cole Stangler

Labor

The Looming Writers Strike Is About Much More Than What’s On TV

David Dayen

Viewpoint

Should Democratic Socialists Be Democrats?

Democratic Socialists of America members debate how—and to what extent—socialists should engage with electoral politics.

Chris Maisano and Jessie Mannisto

Labor

The Upcoming May Day Strike Could Be the Biggest In Over a Decade. Organizers Explain Why.

Sarah Aziza

Rural America

Peas in a Pod: The “Inner City” and 21st Century Rural America

Steven Conn

Viewpoint

Single Payer in the Golden State

The fight for Medicare for all goes to California.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

How Barnard Contingent Faculty Won Their First Contract

Gerard Di Trolio

Culture

Hulu’s Brilliant Adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Says More About Our Present Than Our Future

For many marginalized women, dystopia is already here.

Jessica Stites

Viewpoint

Chokwe Antar Lumumba Mounts a Political Revolution in Jackson, Mississippi

The upcoming mayoral race pits a radical future against the neoliberal status quo.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook

Feature

Resister’s Digest: Bernie Sanders Launches “Fight Back” Tour Against Trumpism

The senator hopes to build a Democratic party that is strong in all 50 states.

Theo Anderson

Rural America

A New Book Reminds the Next Generation of Farmers that “Farming Has Always Been A Political Act”

Rural America In These Times

Feature

A Bank Even a Socialist Could Love

The fight for public banking is gaining ground in cities and states across the country.

David Dayen

Feature

Bill Moyers: Instead of Rebuilding America, Trump Bombs the Middle East

After Trump unleashed missiles on a Syrian airfield, members of Washington’s national security establishment and elite pundits swooned.

Bill Moyers

Labor

Union Declares Itself a “Sanctuary,” Promises to Protect All Members

Porfirio Quintano

Viewpoint

How Trump’s Arts and Research Cuts Hurt His Supporters

Trump's budget poses a particular threat to those who voted for him.

Susan J. Douglas

Labor

Union Actors and Musicians Fight Trump’s Attacks on the Arts

Bruce Vail

Labor

Defying Their Bosses’ Threats, Journalists at Gothamist, DNAinfo Say “Yes” to a Union

Kate Aronoff