The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature

The Election was a Referendum on Globalization and Demographics—Not Neoliberalism

It also represented the consolidation of a misogynistic white united front.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Labor

The Bright Spots for Workers Amid Tuesday’s Disastrous Election

Theo Anderson

Labor

Labor Leaders Deserve Their Share of the Blame for Donald Trump’s Victory

Micah Uetricht

Feature

Don’t Blame Voters of Color for Not Turning Out. Blame Voter Suppression and the Clinton Campaign.

Liberals took people of color's votes for granted, while conservatives kept them from the polls.

Marc Daalder

Labor

Organize or Die: Labor Must Fight Like Hell to Survive a Trump Presidency

Buzz Malone

Feature

It’s Easy To Blame the Democratic Party for Trump—But Reality is More Complicated

Thomas Frank and others lament that the party favored Clinton over Sanders, without asking why Democratic voters went along.

Nancy Folbre

Feature

How to Organize Against President Trump

Grassroots activists reflect on the road ahead.

Kate Aronoff

Feature

Trump Won Because Democrats Have Lost Touch With the Working Class

The Republican nominee tapped into the anger, pain and fear that motivated voters this election.

Marilyn Katz

Feature

Well, That Happened: Let’s Try to Start Figuring Out How

A look at the polls suggests race, region and low turnout played important roles.

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Feature

What Trump’s Victory Tells Us: The Culture Wars Continue, But There’s a New “Wedge”

Trump used economics as a wedge issue in a novel way for the GOP, while submerging the old social issues.

Theo Anderson

Feature

Michael Moore: Trump Won. 5 Things To Do Now.

How to take back the party that failed us.

Michael Moore, Alternet

Feature

Trump Won, But the Future Still Belongs to the Left

Moving forward, step one is to support the communities of color, immigrants, Muslims and women who Trump's America threatens most.

LeeAnn Hall and George Goehl

Feature

After Trump’s Win, Our Job Is More Clear Than Ever: Organize.

People have mobilized to defeat authoritarians in Trump’s mold before. Now it’s up to us to fight like hell, together.

Kate Aronoff

Rural America

Agrarian Trust: Finding Land for the Next Generation of Farmers

John Collins

Feature

The Left’s Support for Hillary Clinton This Election Was About Risk Mitigation, Nothing More

I cast my vote to give popular uprisings a fighting chance.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

Child Care Isn’t Just Expensive—It Can Be Really Hard to Find

Keisa Reynolds

Comics

The Long National Nightmare of Trump Vs. Clinton Reaches the End

Matt Bors

Labor

Labor Board Says Trump Broke the Law, Orders Him to Negotiate with Las Vegas Union

Bruce Vail