What Everyone Gets Wrong About Independent Voters What Everyone Gets Wrong About Independent Voters
Most independents are just partisans who are turned off by partisanship.
May 18, 2016 / Joshua Holland
Desperate Syrian Refugees Begin a Hunger Strike in Greece Desperate Syrian Refugees Begin a Hunger Strike in Greece
“Tell the EU governments this deal is the biggest shame in the history of the whole EU.”
May 18, 2016 / Maria Margaronis
Winning Progressive Change Is Easier Than We Think Winning Progressive Change Is Easier Than We Think
Four days of events this month will help us turn civic energy into real, transformative action.
May 18, 2016 / Ralph Nader
Brazil’s New Government Shows Its Colors: All White, All Male, Ultra-Conservative Brazil’s New Government Shows Its Colors: All White, All Male, Ultra-Conservative
Months of furious pot-banging against Dilma Rousseff have now given way to anti-coup protests by Brazilian youth.
May 18, 2016 / Andy Robinson
Memo to House Republicans: Zika Is Not a Game Memo to House Republicans: Zika Is Not a Game
The White House might not have to beg for so much emergency funding if America’s public-health infrastructure hadn't already been starved by budget cuts.
May 18, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
The Pundits Are Always Right The Pundits Are Always Right
There’s no place for ambition in American politics.
May 18, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
Who Egged On the Bundy Brothers? Who Egged On the Bundy Brothers?
Ammon Bundy and his rogue crew aren’t the only ones trying to privatize public land.
May 18, 2016 / William deBuys
Slouching Toward War With Russia Slouching Toward War With Russia
The highly provocative and unnecessary ongoing US-NATO buildup in the Baltic states and Eastern Europe is bringing Washington closer to war with Moscow than at any time since the 1...
May 18, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Wealthiest, Most Democratic Countries Are Taking in Only a Fraction of the World’s Refugee Population The Wealthiest, Most Democratic Countries Are Taking in Only a Fraction of the World’s Refugee Population
The way a society treats its newest arrivals is a test of its democracy. And we’re failing.
May 18, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Michael Ratner Was a Fearless Warrior for Justice—He Was Also My Beloved Uncle Michael Ratner Was a Fearless Warrior for Justice—He Was Also My Beloved Uncle
My relationship with Michael was entwined not only with questions of war, peace, and justice—but also with more intimate questions of family, aspirations, disappointments, anxiety,...
May 18, 2016 / Lizzy Ratner