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How Jerry Brown Got Californians to Raise Their Taxes and Save Their State

He’s brought the state back from the brink—and is poised to easily win re-election.

John Nichols

Silicon Valley Boosts a ‘Tech Groupie’ for Congress

Major tech donors are investing in Ro Khanna. To get to Washington, he’ll have to push another Democrat out of the way.

Ellen Cushing

Can Big Oil Retake Richmond, California?

In 2008, progressives won control of City Hall. Now, as elections loom, Chevron wants to take it back.

Steve Early

Will a Latina Labor Lawyer Replace a Tea Party Congressman in California?

First, the EMILY’s List-backed Eloise Reyes has to get through the primary.

Gabriel Thompson

Why You Need to Tell the FCC to Save Net Neutrality Now

The commissioners are considering rules that would allow telecom giants to control it with “pay to play” schemes.

The Editors

Brazil’s Dance With the Devil on the Eve of the World Cup

The Cup has become a tool for neoliberal plunder—but Brazilians are fighting back.

Dave Zirin

Pricing Radicals Out of New York

The Brecht Forum, a storied radical institution, has lost its lease.

Abbie Nehring

Comix Nation

Jen Sorensen

Snapshot: Bitter Sweets

Richard Drew

Global Warming’s ‘Useful Idiots’

Why do ideologues who would leave the country vulnerable to catastrophe enjoy prestigious posts in journalism?

Eric Alterman

The Truth About Race In America: It’s Getting Worse, Not Better

Schools are resegregating, it’s getting harder to vote, too many are incarcerated—America is becoming more separate and less equal.

Gary Younge

No Surprise

Calvin Trillin

Favorite Hallucinations

Did Chris Marker think history to be not only an infinite book but a sacred one?

Barry Schwabsky

Floats Like A Vulture

Instead of rescuing forgotten truths, neocons like Charles Krauthammer devise novel fallacies.

George Scialabba

Good Enough?

The amount of affordable housing in New York City is shrinking, and Mayor de Blasio’s development plans might not reverse the trend.

Michael Sorkin

Letters

You say you want a revolution… working for kids—all kids…

Our Readers and Gary Younge

Puzzle No. 3327

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto