The Trouble With ‘the LGBT Community’ The Trouble With ‘the LGBT Community’
Under capitalism, LGBT has become a convenient acronym to sell rainbow flags and political candidates.
Jul 28, 2021 / Rasha Younes
Progressives Around the Country Are Recalling Sewer Socialism’s Proud History Progressives Around the Country Are Recalling Sewer Socialism’s Proud History
At the local level, sidewalk socialists represent a movement whose time has come.
Jul 21, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This New Law Would Be Good for Growers, Bad for Farmworkers This New Law Would Be Good for Growers, Bad for Farmworkers
The bill cements in place the existing deep poverty in farmworker communities, and makes it much more difficult for farmworkers to organize.
Jul 21, 2021 / Column / David Bacon
I’m Fine With Sending Jeff Bezos Into Space, As Long as He Pays His Taxes Here on Earth I’m Fine With Sending Jeff Bezos Into Space, As Long as He Pays His Taxes Here on Earth
Taxing the rich might curtail Bezos’s extraterrestrial activities. But it would make this corner of Planet Earth more habitable.
Jul 19, 2021 / John Nichols
Colombia’s Strategy to Quell Protesters? Shoot at Their Eyes. Colombia’s Strategy to Quell Protesters? Shoot at Their Eyes.
Human rights groups estimate as many as 200 protesters have suffered eye injuries after being targeted by Colombia’s notorious anti-riot police.
Jul 16, 2021 / Peter Schurmann and Manuel Ortiz
How Capitalism Invented the Care Economy How Capitalism Invented the Care Economy
This is what’s missing from the new conversation about care work.
Jul 16, 2021 / Premilla Nadasen
Which Is the More Prescient Dystopia? ‘Gattaca’ or ‘Parable of the Sower’ Which Is the More Prescient Dystopia? ‘Gattaca’ or ‘Parable of the Sower’
Is it the 1997 film starring Ethan Hawke or is it Octavia E. Butler’s 1993 novel?
Jul 16, 2021 / Editorial / David M. Perry and Niela Orr
The Movement President The Movement President
Did Ronald Reagan help launch a movement—or did a set of movements help launch him?
Jul 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney
Joe Biden Just Threw Down the Anti-Monopoly Gauntlet—but One Big Question Remains Joe Biden Just Threw Down the Anti-Monopoly Gauntlet—but One Big Question Remains
This president’s executive order on Friday afternoon forcefully rejected the pro-monopoly worldview of the last 50 years.
Jul 9, 2021 / Zephyr Teachout
Meet MacKenzie Scott, Our New Good Billionaire Meet MacKenzie Scott, Our New Good Billionaire
With Bill Gates in disgrace, oligarchy's apologists have been pushing Scott as a replacement. But is Jeff Bezos's ex-wife really an improvement?
Jul 9, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Tim Schwab