Why Toy Guns Matter Why Toy Guns Matter
The NRA wants to start kids young, but parents can resist gun culture.
Aug 1, 2016 / Frida Berrigan
The Temptations of Militarism: Gen. John Allen at the DNC The Temptations of Militarism: Gen. John Allen at the DNC
At last week’s DNC, General Allen’s speech was met with cheers and chants while his boisterous nationalism was left unchallenged.
Aug 1, 2016 / James Carden
Free Trade Is Killing Colombian Labor Activists Free Trade Is Killing Colombian Labor Activists
Workers attempting to exercise their rights have suffered at least 1,466 threats and acts of violence since the trade deal went into effect in 2012.
Aug 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Labour Party’s Spectacular Self-Destruction The Labour Party’s Spectacular Self-Destruction
The establishment would rather gut the party than allow Jeremy Corbyn to lead it.
Jul 29, 2016 / Column / Gary Younge
How Bernie Sanders Lost the Platform Fight Over Israel How Bernie Sanders Lost the Platform Fight Over Israel
Despite the best efforts of his delegates, the Democratic Party platform does not mention Israel’s occupation or its settlements.
Jul 28, 2016 / Ali Gharib
Kill List Kill List
1.At a certain distance, it looks like a poem. 2.Transliterated, maybe, from the Arabic. 3.Short lined. 4.Short lived. 5.At a certain distance, it reads beautifully. 6.What its…
Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Amit Majmudar
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
Against Neo-McCarthyism Against Neo-McCarthyism
In their eagerness to defeat Trump, liberal pundits are reviving a damaging discourse.
Jul 27, 2016 / The Editors
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
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