The UMD Football Team Comes Together to Kick a Booster Off a Plane The UMD Football Team Comes Together to Kick a Booster Off a Plane
The death of teammate Jordan McNair, and the arrogance of boosters protecting the program, has pushed UMD football to the edge.
Oct 10, 2018 / StudentNation / Dave Zirin
One Thousand Years of Labor One Thousand Years of Labor
Andrea Komlosy’s new history traces our evolving notions of work and how what we do is ultimately also about what we owe one another.
Oct 10, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Winant
A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change
If Democrats flip the House, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will have the leaders, agenda, and institutional muscle to drive the debate.
Oct 9, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
In Search of the Lost Republic In Search of the Lost Republic
Americans once believed that their government belonged to them. Can we again?
Oct 4, 2018 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
These Senators Need to Be Told: Do Not Vote for Kavanaugh These Senators Need to Be Told: Do Not Vote for Kavanaugh
Joan Walsh on the confirmation hearings, D.D. Guttenplan on a new radical majority, and Michelle Chen on the Fight for $15.
Oct 4, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Bad News From Newport Bad News From Newport
Two years after the Brexit vote and six months before a final outcome that no one can yet even guess, a return to the Welsh valleys that voted Leave for lack of any hope.
Oct 3, 2018 / Paul Mason
Trump’s Reality-TV Trade Deal Trump’s Reality-TV Trade Deal
He claims the new North American bill is a victory for US manufacturing, but it’s a lot like the TPP and does very little for US workers.
Oct 3, 2018 / Dean Baker
Bernie Sanders Grabbed the Bully Pulpit and Refused to Let Go Until Amazon Hiked Wages Bernie Sanders Grabbed the Bully Pulpit and Refused to Let Go Until Amazon Hiked Wages
The senator’s crusade to improve conditions at the online retailer demanded accountability from Jeff Bezos and the billionaire class.
Oct 2, 2018 / John Nichols
‘We Are Not Here to Manage Capitalism’: Labour Takes a Socialist Turn ‘We Are Not Here to Manage Capitalism’: Labour Takes a Socialist Turn
At this year’s conference in Liverpool, the Corbyn wing of the party was firmly in control.
Oct 2, 2018 / Rachel Shabi
Don’t Count Out Ben Jealous and His Progressive Message for Maryland Don’t Count Out Ben Jealous and His Progressive Message for Maryland
A massive mobilization of an anti-Trump, heavily female, and African American base in a very blue state could lead to a November surprise.
Oct 2, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel