The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’ The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’
The campaign wants to advance a new understanding of poverty as a traumatic experience inflicted by policy-makers.
Oct 16, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann
Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day? Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day?
The distractions are relentless.
Oct 16, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Guantánamo Laid the Groundwork for Kavanaugh’s Confirmation How Guantánamo Laid the Groundwork for Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
The prison’s attempts to adjudicate justice are making their way to the mainland.
Oct 15, 2018 / Karen J. Greenberg
‘I’ve Been Raising My Fist Every Day for 50 Years’ ‘I’ve Been Raising My Fist Every Day for 50 Years’
On the 50th anniversary of his Olympic medal-stand protest, Dr. John Carlos still believes in the power of resistance.
Oct 15, 2018 / Dave Zirin
Cops Usually Get Away With Murder. What Was Different in Chicago? Cops Usually Get Away With Murder. What Was Different in Chicago?
When there is the will to seriously prosecute an officer, the public can hold the police accountable.
Oct 12, 2018 / Ed Burmila
Rebecca Traister: The Politics of Women’s Anger Rebecca Traister: The Politics of Women’s Anger
Rebecca Traister on women’s activism—before and after the Kavanaugh hearings.
Oct 12, 2018 / Audio / Jon Wiener
Democratic Autopsy: One Year Later Democratic Autopsy: One Year Later
Progressive momentum could lead to historic breakthroughs in the midterms and beyond. Realizing such potential will require transforming and energizing the Democratic Party.
Oct 11, 2018 / Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen, Pia Gallegos, Sam McCann, and Donna Smith
Meet the Cooks and Casino Workers Leaving Their Jobs to Campaign Against Trump Meet the Cooks and Casino Workers Leaving Their Jobs to Campaign Against Trump
In Nevada and elsewhere, stakes are high for the canvassers hoping to swing the Senate.
Oct 11, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon
Congress Needs Radicals Like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Congress Needs Radicals Like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Establishing a forceful left caucus in Congress might be even more important than picking the perfect Democratic nominee for president.
Oct 11, 2018 / Waleed Shahid
I’m Dying. Here Is What I Refuse to Accept With Serenity. I’m Dying. Here Is What I Refuse to Accept With Serenity.
Voting is not nearly enough. We need to become organizers.
Oct 11, 2018 / Editorial / Ady Barkan