In Chicago, a Coalition of Unions, Community Organizers, and Drivers Have Forced Uber to Come to the Table In Chicago, a Coalition of Unions, Community Organizers, and Drivers Have Forced Uber to Come to the Table
As the tech industry moves increasingly into alignment with the far right, the issue of worker power has never been more important. The Chicago campaign offers some key lessons.
Jul 16, 2025 / Will Tanzman and Lori Simmons
What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests
The danger of “maximum pressure” vs. the promise of “pragmatic engagement.”
Jul 16, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh
Musk’s Third Party—Plus, the Birthright Citizenship Class Action Musk’s Third Party—Plus, the Birthright Citizenship Class Action
On this episode of Start Making Sense, the Working Families Party’s Maurice Mitchell on Musk’s “American Party” and David Cole on why birthright citizenship will win at the Suprem...
Jul 16, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
We Have Always Been at War With Iran We Have Always Been at War With Iran
Since 1979, the US has been in perpetual economic, military, and political combat with the Iranian state. The only difference now is that bombs are falling.
Jul 16, 2025 / Josef Burton
Trump’s Deep-State Conspiracy Theories Are Getting Beyond His Control Trump’s Deep-State Conspiracy Theories Are Getting Beyond His Control
The president’s denial of the existence of government material on Jeffrey Epstein isn’t going over well with his followers.
Jul 15, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Cold as ICE Cold as ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts mass immigration arrests all around the country, leading to overcrowding in detention facilities with unsanitary and inhumane condition...
Trump Is the Confederacy’s Revenge Trump Is the Confederacy’s Revenge
A mass shooting in New Orleans eerily foretold the return of white supremacy to the White House.
Jul 15, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Militarism Has Long Worked to Shield Antisemitism Militarism Has Long Worked to Shield Antisemitism
From the Cold War till Donald Trump, there’s always been a special dispensation for hawkish bigots.
Jul 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Roots of Trump’s Foreign Policy Instability The Roots of Trump’s Foreign Policy Instability
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Justin Logan on the factional battles that have bedevilled the White House.
Ralph de la Torre: The Making of a Healthcare Oligarch Ralph de la Torre: The Making of a Healthcare Oligarch
And the price the rest of us pay—in money and in blood.
Jul 14, 2025 / Chuck Collins