The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature

Bernie Sanders’ Delegates Speak Out About Convention: “They Painted Us As Crazy”

Will the Democratic Party embrace its insurgent wing?

Kate Aronoff

Feature

The Occupation in Chicago That’s Building a Community Free from Racist Policing and Prisons

For over two weeks, young, Black activists have camped out to protest police oppression and imagine a more just world.

Kali Robinson

Viewpoint

An Inside-Outside Strategy For the Political Revolution

Raucous protests and down-ballot Democrats can beat the Bernie-or-bust blues.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

On Trade, Our Choices Aren’t Only Xenophobic Nationalism Or Neoliberal Globalization

Leon Fink

Labor

A Message for CUNY Members: Don’t Take the Money

Sigmund Shen

Rural America

How Electrifying Railroads Could Help Us Transition from Fossil Fuels and Power Rural Economies

Bill Moyer

Culture

James Baldwin’s Many Heirs

In the essay collection The Fire This Time, a new generation of Black writers keeps Baldwin's flame alight.

Erin Aubry Kaplan

Labor

So Long, Uber: Could Co-op Apps Change the Way We Catch Rides?

Vic Vaiana

Feature

The Two Faces of Obama’s Immigration Policy

The relief that never happened and the raids that did.

Annie Hylton

Labor

A New Path to Progressivism: An Interview with Vermont House Candidate Mari Cordes

Victoria Albert

Rural America

Organic Farmland Regulations Unintentionally Encourage Use of Pristine Land for Food Production

Marie Burcham

Feature

Crowd Reactions at the Democratic Convention Point To a Coming Party Realignment

As Democrats scramble to unify a divergent party under one roof, there’s a new kind of unity on the horizon.

Kate Aronoff

Feature

At the DNC, Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Shack Up With the Fourth Estate

Corporations, politicians and the media get cozy in Philadelphia—and face pushback.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

In Philadelphia, Progressive Education Organizers Fight ‘Disaster Capitalism’

Molly Knefel

Labor

Senate Dining Room Workers Win $1 Million in Back Wages

Bruce Vail

Feature

From Civil Rights to Palestine, the Democratic Party Has Always Lagged Behind Its Activist Base

Pro-Palestine organizers at this year's DNC join a long tradition of social movements pushing party elites left.

Naomi Dann

Labor

NLRB Upholds Union’s Right To Endorse BDS Against Israel

Alex Kane

Labor

This Is What Progressives—Especially Labor—Can Learn From Bernie Sanders’ Campaign

David Moberg