Socialism in America Is Closer Than You Think Socialism in America Is Closer Than You Think
Experiments with public ownership are thriving across the country. The challenge is to link them and scale them up.
Feb 11, 2016 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz
Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote
From the crime bill to welfare reform, policies Bill Clinton enacted—and Hillary Clinton supported—decimated black America.
Feb 10, 2016 / Feature / Michelle Alexander
What Do Cubans Think of Normalization With the United States? What Do Cubans Think of Normalization With the United States?
They’re divided, by generation and class, over whether it will be a good thing.
Feb 9, 2016 / Feature / Sujatha Fernandes
Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change? Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change?
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pursuing an investigation—one of many signs that momentum is on the side of climate-justice activists.
Feb 4, 2016 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Racial Justice Is the Key to Democracy Reform Racial Justice Is the Key to Democracy Reform
It is time for progressive advocates to rethink their colorblind approach to civic engagement.
Feb 4, 2016 / Feature / Gara LaMarche
South Carolina’s Democratic and Republican Primaries Are Taking Place in Parallel Universes South Carolina’s Democratic and Republican Primaries Are Taking Place in Parallel Universes
And race, as always, is the dividing line.
Feb 3, 2016 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
How Populists Like Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Racism How Populists Like Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Racism
To mobilize a multiracial coalition, progressives need to demonstrate how racism hurts us all.
Jan 28, 2016 / Feature / Ian Haney López and Heather McGhee
After I Lived in Norway, America Felt Backward. Here’s Why. After I Lived in Norway, America Felt Backward. Here’s Why.
A crash course in social democracy.
‘This Man Will Almost Certainly Die’ ‘This Man Will Almost Certainly Die’
Dozens of men have died in disturbing circumstances in privatized, immigrant-only prisons. The Bureau of Prisons itself says there’s a problem. And yet the privatization scheme con...
Jan 28, 2016 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler
The Young Activists Who Remade the Democratic Party’s Immigration Politics The Young Activists Who Remade the Democratic Party’s Immigration Politics
In 2012, DREAMers were once cajoling Democrats to be more creative and aggressive. In 2016, they’re leaders in both Bernie and Hillary’s campaigns.
Jan 21, 2016 / Feature / Julianne Hing