Even Conservatives Support Sweden’s Welfare State. Here’s Why. Even Conservatives Support Sweden’s Welfare State. Here’s Why.
It’s practical and efficient, allowing for a very competitive economy while ensuring a high standard of living.
Feb 19, 2019 / Barbara Koeppel
25 Years in Jail for Protecting the Planet? 25 Years in Jail for Protecting the Planet?
The Kings Bay 7 were trying to put an end to the threat of nuclear war. Now they face a quarter-century behind bars.
Feb 18, 2019 / Frida Berrigan
The United States Is Already at War With China The United States Is Already at War With China
Trump is accelerating a gratuitous cold war between the world’s top two emitters of greenhouse gases, leaving the rest of the world to suffer.
Feb 18, 2019 / Michael T. Klare
History Will Accord Donald Trump No Forgiveness History Will Accord Donald Trump No Forgiveness
It is not just what the president does but what he tells us not to do–especially on climate change–that makes his tenure strikingly dangerous.
Feb 18, 2019 / John Nichols
We Don’t Need Private Health Insurance We Don’t Need Private Health Insurance
New single-payer plans don’t need to worry about carving out roles for health-care profiteers.
Feb 18, 2019 / Adam Gaffney
Folk Music That Bends Time and Space Folk Music That Bends Time and Space
The songs on Jessica Pratt’s new album Quiet Signs seem to exist in a tranquil place just outside reality.
Feb 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Olivia Horn
Give Him the Boot! Give Him the Boot!
He is full of hot air.
Feb 18, 2019 / OppArt / George de Castro-Day
Amazon’s Defeat Is Local and Global Amazon’s Defeat Is Local and Global
By tying their fight against Amazon to bigger structural problems, activists in Queens showed us a way forward for transnational anti-corporate politics.
Feb 17, 2019 / Jamie Merchant
Who Is Matt Duss and Can He Take On the ‘Blob’? Who Is Matt Duss and Can He Take On the ‘Blob’?
Bernie’s foreign-policy adviser is doing just that.
Feb 16, 2019 / OppArt / Ryan Inzana
Congress Should Apply Trump’s Own Standard for Executive Accountability to Him as President Congress Should Apply Trump’s Own Standard for Executive Accountability to Him as President
Trump wanted Congress to get tough on presidents who use executive action to “subvert the Constitution.” How tough? He said they “certainly could be impeached.”
Feb 15, 2019 / John Nichols