August 23: Sacco and Vanzetti Are Executed in Massachusetts (1927); AND the Hitler-Stalin Pact Is Signed (1939) August 23: Sacco and Vanzetti Are Executed in Massachusetts (1927); AND the Hitler-Stalin Pact Is Signed (1939)
Is this the single darkest day on the calendar for the international left?
Aug 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
August 22, 1996: Bill Clinton Ends Welfare As We Know It August 22, 1996: Bill Clinton Ends Welfare As We Know It
“The death knell of any government-supported vision of an equitable, egalitarian America.”
Aug 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Trumpismo From Boston to the Dominican Republic Trumpismo From Boston to the Dominican Republic
It’s not just rhetoric. Donald Trump’s odious message is driving anti-immigrant hate crimes.
Aug 21, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Jon Stewart as a Debate Moderator? Yes, Please! Jon Stewart as a Debate Moderator? Yes, Please!
We need more primary and general election debates, featuring more candidates, more issues and bolder moderators.
Aug 21, 2015 / John Nichols
The Lives of Others The Lives of Others
We’ve built ourselves this crowd-sourced panopticon, and now we have to live in it.
Aug 21, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
No Surprise: Trump Is a Union Buster at His Own Hotel No Surprise: Trump Is a Union Buster at His Own Hotel
Amid the buffoonery of Donald Trump’s campaign, workers at his Vegas hotel are demanding justice.
Aug 21, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Today’s Sports News Would Boggle the Mind of a 1965 Sportswriter Today’s Sports News Would Boggle the Mind of a 1965 Sportswriter
If a sportswriter from 50 years ago traveled to 2015, they would think the world had been turned on its head.
Aug 21, 2015 / Dave Zirin
August 21, 1940: Leon Trotsky Dies August 21, 1940: Leon Trotsky Dies
“The blood feud between the two revolutionaries went on to the end.”
Aug 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Congress Is Sick of the Secrecy Around the TPP Congress Is Sick of the Secrecy Around the TPP
And Senator Sherrod Brown is blocking a key Obama nominee to show it.
Aug 20, 2015 / George Zornick
Iran Is Not the Greatest Threat to World Peace Iran Is Not the Greatest Threat to World Peace
There’s a clear way to ensure a nuclear-free Middle East, but Washington is not interested.
Aug 20, 2015 / Noam Chomsky