The Oakland Teachers’ Strike Revealed California’s Education Crisis The Oakland Teachers’ Strike Revealed California’s Education Crisis
The struggle for fair funding goes way beyond the district. So now the teachers are taking their fight to Sacramento.
Mar 18, 2019 / Bryce Covert
The VA Is Socialism in Action. We Must Defend It From Privatization. The VA Is Socialism in Action. We Must Defend It From Privatization.
The right is hell-bent on dismantling the most progressive agency in government.
Mar 18, 2019 / Jasper Craven
Congestion Pricing Is New York’s Green New Deal Congestion Pricing Is New York’s Green New Deal
Charging drivers in NYC could help fix the subways, fight climate change, and reduce inequality.
Mar 18, 2019 / Charles Komanoff and Jeff Blum
Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is leading the change to lower the voting age, and she just got 125 House members to vote with her.
Mar 15, 2019 / John Nichols
White Supremacy Is Bigger Than 8Chan White Supremacy Is Bigger Than 8Chan
Blaming the Internet alone for racist mass shootings is a naive delusion.
Mar 15, 2019 / Brendan O’Connor
British Parliament Goes Full Zombie Over Brexit British Parliament Goes Full Zombie Over Brexit
We’re saddled with a government permanently on the verge of collapse over a 2016 referendum decision that can’t be achieved and has instead induced a political breakdown.
Mar 15, 2019 / Rachel Shabi
Democrats Must Expose Trump’s Betrayal of Working People Democrats Must Expose Trump’s Betrayal of Working People
Forget the scandals and the tweets. What really matters is the looting.
Mar 15, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Why Is It So Hard for Our President to Condemn White Supremacy and Islamophobia? Why Is It So Hard for Our President to Condemn White Supremacy and Islamophobia?
The horrific attack on mosques in New Zealand tells us, again, that racist hatred is a global terrorist threat. It must be identified as such, and robustly rejected.
Mar 15, 2019 / John Nichols
First, They Came for Ilhan Omar First, They Came for Ilhan Omar
The congresswoman was smeared—nothing she said warranted the criticism she received. But progressives should not fall into the trap of denying that anti-Semitism exists on the left...
Mar 15, 2019 / D.D. Guttenplan