The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

After Missouri Students Force President’s Resignation, Will More College Football Players Organize?

Alex Lubben

Feature

5 Questions the Center for American Progress Should Ask Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Today

The center-left think tank has come under fire for inviting the far-right prime minister to speak. Will they seize the opportunity to ask tough questions?

Marc Daalder

Dispatch

Fewer Police, Safer Communities?

The tension between safety from police and safety from crime

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Feature

Why SXSW’s ‘Harassment Summit’ Is a Terrible Solution to Harassment

Here's what we learned from the women targeted.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

How Henry Kissinger Helped Make Endless War an All-American Tradition

Kissinger's steadfast support for bombing as an instrument of “diplomacy” has coursed through the decades.

Greg Grandin

Feature

How Wall Street Is Cashing In on Climate Catastrophe

Come hell or high water, the finance industry will make a killing

Kate Aronoff

Rural America

For the Activists in the New Economy Movement, All Revolution Is Local

John Collins

Feature

Why Bernie Sanders Is Different From Any Past Socialist Running For U.S. President

Sanders is heir to a long line of socialists campaigning for the nation's highest office, with a key difference—viability.

Joe Conason

Feature

TPP: A Sweetheart Deal for Corporations, a ‘Disaster’ for People’s Rights

The White House has finally released the text of the trade deal, and the reviews are scorching.

Deirdre Fulton

Viewpoint

Will the Media Again Rush to Declare Clinton the Winner of Tonight’s Democratic Forum?

Why TV's talking heads discount Bernie Sanders

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

Undocumented Youth Are Here Through No Fault of Their Own. But It’s Not Their Parents’ Fault, Either

Using the phrase "no fault of their own" in discussing undocumented young people does not encourage us to look at the roots of the poverty and violence their families experience.

David Bacon

Feature

With Kshama Sawant Claiming Reelection Victory, Seattle Doubles Down on Socialism

Sawant beat the establishment at its own game. Now comes the hard part.

Arun Gupta

Labor

Labor For Bernie Sanders Activists Say They Are Undeterred By Union Endorsements of Hillary Clinton

Mario Vasquez

Rural America

Citizens United, Democracy and the Two Paths that Lie Before Us

Thomas Linzey

Viewpoint

The United States’ Deplorable Parental Leave Policies Are Hurting Our Kids’ Futures

While wealthy parents pour more resources into their children's futures, middle- and lower-income families are being squeezed, resulting in an education gap

Susan J. Douglas

Viewpoint

20 Years After the Million Man March, Louis Farrakhan Can Still Draw A Crowd—And Make Media Uneasy

The 82-year old Nation of Islam leader filled the National Mall in October. Why didn't the media take much notice?

Salim Muwakkil

Labor

The Promise and the Peril of Members-Only Unions

Shaun Richman

Labor

Oxfam Calls Out ‘Big Chicken’ for Rampant Labor Abuses

Bruce Vail