The Bad Aftertaste of the NCAA Men’s Tournament
The North Carolina Tar Heels seemed to come apart physically, and the grown-ups just stood around and watched.
Dave ZirinLabor Organizing
Congress Is Dragging Its Feet on Recognizing a Staffers’ Union
Congressional workers often struggle to get by, and they lack legal protections to organize and collectively bargain.
Aída ChávezPuerto Rico
How Can Puerto Rico Escape the Debt Trap?
When it comes to Puerto Rico, the questions of debt haunt everyday life and shape the colonial reality of the island.
Ed MoralesUS Wars and Military Action
What Will It Take to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget?
We have now reached the point in our collective history where we face three certainties: death, taxes, and ever-soaring spending on weaponry and war.
William AstoreWar in Ukraine
Russia's War in Ukraine Has Shattered the Old World Order
As a new Iron Curtain threatens to divide Europe, progressives must face the dangers of a resurgent militarism—and seize the opportunities to advance our priorities.
Michael T. Klare and The NationThe Ongoing Russian Resistance to Putin’s War
Reports on the opposition to war inside Russia: What’s happened since February 27, 2022.
Finley MuratovaPutin’s Miscalculation Should Be a Lesson to the US
If there’s one thing to be learned from the present moment, it’s just how fickle such calculations can be and how easily the global situation can turn.
Michael T. KlarePolitics
The Smearing of Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Haunt Democrats
Republicans used her confirmation hearing to mainstream the notion that Democrats protect pedophiles—a sexual panic strategy aimed at the November midterms and beyond.
Joan Walsh
Congress Is Dragging Its Feet on Recognizing a Staffers’ Union
Congressional workers often struggle to get by, and they lack legal protections to organize and collectively bargain.
Aída Chávez
As Prices Soar, We Need Action—Not Spin
It’s ever more critical that Democrats enact policies that visibly support working people.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Culture
The Many American Revolutions
Woody Holton’s Liberty is Sweet charts not only the contest with Great Britain over “home rule” but also the internal struggle over who should rule at home.
Eric Foner
Nadav Lapid’s Cinema of Shame
His new film Ahed’s Knee is a shallow cri de coeur against the Israeli state.
Kaleem HawaWorld
How Kherson Was Occupied
What Novaya Gazeta’s reporter Elena Kostyuchenko saw with her own eyes.
Elena Kostyuchenko
How Can Puerto Rico Escape the Debt Trap?
When it comes to Puerto Rico, the questions of debt haunt everyday life and shape the colonial reality of the island.
Ed Morales
"F*ck Leftist Westsplaining!"
Listening to voices of the Central and East European left.
Linda Mannheim
Watch and Listen
Listen: Ginni Thomas, The Supreme Court, and Abolishing Student Debt
On this week’s podcast, Joan Walsh on January 6 and Astra Taylor on April 4.
March 31, 2022
Listen: From Auschwitz to the NBA
Author Dan Grunfeld joins the show to talk about his new memoir.
March 29, 2022
