Society

Rio Olympics Hotel

Brazil For Sale: How a Legal Coup Set the Stage for Privatization Brazil For Sale: How a Legal Coup Set the Stage for Privatization

More austerity and the sell off of treasured public assets will worsen an already crippling recession.

Jul 27, 2016 / Feature / Andy Robinson

Trump at RNC

Against Neo-McCarthyism Against Neo-McCarthyism

In their eagerness to defeat Trump, liberal pundits are reviving a damaging discourse.

Jul 27, 2016 / The Editors

Tim Kaine

Eat, Pray, Starve: What Tim Kaine Didn’t Learn During His Time in Honduras Eat, Pray, Starve: What Tim Kaine Didn’t Learn During His Time in Honduras

The vice-presidential nominee supports policies that hurt the country that was the “turning point” in his life.

Jul 27, 2016 / Greg Grandin

McCarthy Hearing

Neo-McCarthyism and Olympic Politics as More Evidence of a New Cold War Neo-McCarthyism and Olympic Politics as More Evidence of a New Cold War

McCarthyism was a characteristic feature of the preceding Cold War, but now it is coming from liberals, even from the Clinton campaign.

Jul 27, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Temp workers

Yes, Temps Can Unionize Too Yes, Temps Can Unionize Too

Temp employees often have a hard time figuring out who their real boss is. A new NLRB ruling takes the guesswork out of that conundrum.

Jul 27, 2016 / Michelle Chen

The ‘Ghostbusters’ Trolls Were Right

The ‘Ghostbusters’ Trolls Were Right The ‘Ghostbusters’ Trolls Were Right

In one sense: The jokes do change when the characters are women, who incite you to laugh through a graveyard of America’s bloody history.

Jul 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Hillary Clinton thumbs up

Hillary Clinton Just Made History Hillary Clinton Just Made History

The DNC’s roll-call vote made Clinton the first woman to ever be nominated for the presidency by a major party.

Jul 27, 2016 / John Nichols

Gabby Giffords DNC Rally

Gun Control Is Having a Moment in Philadelphia Gun Control Is Having a Moment in Philadelphia

“Gun control” was a dirty word at the DNC just four years ago.

Jul 26, 2016 / George Zornick

Local Progress Pittsburg Rally

This Group of Politicians Just Put Forward a Platform Progressives Can Embrace This Group of Politicians Just Put Forward a Platform Progressives Can Embrace

At the DNC, Local Progress offers a vision of cities as the center of the fight against inequality.

Jul 26, 2016 / P.E. Moskowitz

El Paso Police Chief

When the Long Arm of the Law Belongs to a Black Man When the Long Arm of the Law Belongs to a Black Man

El Paso’s police chief is the latest right-wing darling to demonize the movement for black lives.

Jul 26, 2016 / Debbie Nathan

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