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Seattle University Students Protest

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

Sanders in California

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

Malcolm X with King Faisal

The Political Uses of Malcolm X’s Image The Political Uses of Malcolm X’s Image

For Muslim youth, interest in the black freedom movement is part of a larger turn toward an American conception of race—it fills a political void and offers a sense of belonging. B...

Jul 12, 2016 / Hisham Aidi

Poroshenko NATO

‘Aggression’ May Be Threatening Europe—but NATO Is Looking for It in the Wrong Place ‘Aggression’ May Be Threatening Europe—but NATO Is Looking for It in the Wrong Place

As world leaders in Warsaw focus on Russia’s “aggressive actions,” Europe’s real problems go unnoticed.

Jul 11, 2016 / James Carden

Chagos Islanders Protest

Atoning for Washington’s ‘Mass Kidnapping’ in the Indian Ocean Atoning for Washington’s ‘Mass Kidnapping’ in the Indian Ocean

The US and UK governments forcibly expelled an entire population of islanders to make way for a military base. It’s time to let them come home.

Jul 11, 2016 / David Vine

Pro-gun rally

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

Prison labor Georgia

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

Bernie Sanders Is Really, Really Determined to Stop Trump

Bernie Sanders Is Really, Really Determined to Stop Trump Bernie Sanders Is Really, Really Determined to Stop Trump

The insurgent, who on Tuesday endorsed Hillary Clinton, has left no doubt about which side he is on when it comes to preventing a right-wing Republican presidency.

Jul 11, 2016 / John Nichols

Drumpf musical

Drumpf: The Musical Drumpf: The Musical

The story of the real-estate mogul’s rise through the 2016 Republican primary slog.

Jul 11, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Donald Trump

Can Donald Trump Actually Lose the 2016 Election? Probably Not. Can Donald Trump Actually Lose the 2016 Election? Probably Not.

Hillary may be beating him in the polls at the moment, but Donald’s got other plans.

Jul 11, 2016 / Nomi Prins

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