Can You Spot the American Military in Your Favorite Sci-Fi Film? Can You Spot the American Military in Your Favorite Sci-Fi Film?
Hint: We’re always the bad guys.
Jul 12, 2016 / William J. Astore
As We Approach the Conventions, Tell the Democratic and Republican Parties to Let the Press Do Its Job As We Approach the Conventions, Tell the Democratic and Republican Parties to Let the Press Do Its Job
Journalists have faced insults and threats, exclusion from campaigns, and harassment from candidates’ supporters.
Jul 12, 2016 / NationAction
How Bernie Sanders Delivered the Most Progressive Platform in Democratic Party History How Bernie Sanders Delivered the Most Progressive Platform in Democratic Party History
I was a Sanders representative to the platform committee. Here’s what I saw.
Jul 12, 2016 / Heather Gautney
How Student Movements for Racial Justice Can Survive Summer Break How Student Movements for Racial Justice Can Survive Summer Break
Administrators count on summer break to subdue campus activism, but student groups across Seattle aren’t letting that happen.
Jul 12, 2016 / StudentNation / Alia Marsha
The Most Progressive Democratic Platform Ever The Most Progressive Democratic Platform Ever
The “political revolution” Sanders helped to build hasn’t been won yet, but there has been real progress.
Jul 12, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Showed What the NRA’s ‘Insurgency Theory’ of Gun Rights Really Looks Like Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Showed What the NRA’s ‘Insurgency Theory’ of Gun Rights Really Looks Like
Fighting what you view as government tyranny with an AR-15 makes you a murderer, not a Minuteman.
Jul 11, 2016 / Joshua Holland
The Next Step for Organized Labor? People in Prison. The Next Step for Organized Labor? People in Prison.
The Industrial Workers of the World is calling for a nationwide prison strike in September.
Jul 11, 2016 / Mike Elk
What a 21st-Century Peace Movement Looks Like What a 21st-Century Peace Movement Looks Like
It's time to address both the violence of militarism abroad and policing at home.
Jul 11, 2016 / Alice Slater
How Donald Trump Is Helping White Christian America Commit Suicide How Donald Trump Is Helping White Christian America Commit Suicide
America’s former majority is passing away in the age of Obama, but a new book explains that it is not dying a natural death—it’s making self-destructive choices.
Jul 11, 2016 / Joan Walsh
WNBA Teams Show What Black Lives Matter Solidarity Looks Like WNBA Teams Show What Black Lives Matter Solidarity Looks Like
The white men in sports could learn something from these women.
Jul 11, 2016 / Dave Zirin