The Austerity Hawks Are Coming for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid The Austerity Hawks Are Coming for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
Mitch McConnell just revealed the scheme: cut taxes for the billionaires class, create deficits, and then shred the social safety net.
Oct 17, 2018 / John Nichols
The Brazilian Elite’s Plan to Destroy the Workers’ Party Has Failed The Brazilian Elite’s Plan to Destroy the Workers’ Party Has Failed
The party’s Fernando Haddad is rising in the polls, but the neofascist—and front-runner—Jair Bolsonaro is gaining elite support.
Sep 21, 2018 / Andy Robinson
The Economic Numbers Are Cheery, but Don’t Believe the Hype The Economic Numbers Are Cheery, but Don’t Believe the Hype
If there is not a dramatic turn in course, the next downturn will erase what gains there have been and leave most Americans in worse straits.
Jun 5, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Puerto Rico Matters More Puerto Rico Matters More
Estimates that more than 4,600 people died after Hurricane Maria demand attention.
May 31, 2018 / John Nichols
There Is an Alternative to Brutal Austerity in Puerto Rico There Is an Alternative to Brutal Austerity in Puerto Rico
Bernie Sanders has proposed a Marshall Plan for the islands, instead of an inhumane and antidemocratic oversight board.
May 1, 2018 / John Nichols
Lula May Be in Jail, but Brazil’s Occupy Movement Won’t Let Hope Die Lula May Be in Jail, but Brazil’s Occupy Movement Won’t Let Hope Die
The Curitiba camp has become ground zero for a left that has been fighting an uphill battle since before the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.
Apr 19, 2018 / Michael Fox
For South Africa’s New President, ‘Black Economic Empowerment’ Is All About Personal Enrichment For South Africa’s New President, ‘Black Economic Empowerment’ Is All About Personal Enrichment
A courageous labor leader during the anti-apartheid struggle, Cyril Ramaphosa is now the face of neoliberal extractivism and worker exploitation.
Feb 27, 2018 / Patrick Bond
‘Shoot the Beasts on Sight’: The Far Right and Italy’s Elections ‘Shoot the Beasts on Sight’: The Far Right and Italy’s Elections
Their poisonous opposition to migrants, their loud rallies, and their fascistic violence dominate the run-up to the March 4 polling.
Feb 21, 2018 / Frederika Randall
The Far Right Is a Growing Threat in Greece The Far Right Is a Growing Threat in Greece
This is what happens when the ruling leftist party accepts austerity: polarization, fear, and “Trumpism on the Mediterranean.”
Feb 15, 2018 / Yiannis Baboulias
Catalonia’s Elections Take Spain Back to Square One Catalonia’s Elections Take Spain Back to Square One
They made clear that the Spanish left lacks a convincing national project to counter the right’s reactionary, centralist patriotism.
Dec 29, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín