Letters From the April 30-May 7, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 30-May 7, 2018, Issue
Bills and strikes… Cold as ICE…
Apr 5, 2018 / Our Readers
The Missed Opportunity of the Kerner Report The Missed Opportunity of the Kerner Report
A new history recovers the forgotten legacy and radical implications of the Kerner Commission.
Apr 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / William P. Jones
Is Dutch Bad Boy Thierry Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right? Is Dutch Bad Boy Thierry Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right?
His apocalyptic rhetoric is a hit among voters anxious about national identity and suspicious of the EU.
Apr 5, 2018 / Feature / Sebastiaan Faber
Show Your Support for Teachers Striking in Oklahoma Show Your Support for Teachers Striking in Oklahoma
You can also attend a town hall to end gun violence and ask small businesses near you to publicly support net neutrality.
Apr 4, 2018 / NationAction
Trump Is Plotting a Diabolical Budget Double-Cross Trump Is Plotting a Diabolical Budget Double-Cross
It would hurt the poor and working families the most.
Apr 4, 2018 / David Dayen
The Government Should Guarantee Everyone a Good Job The Government Should Guarantee Everyone a Good Job
We have an opportunity to pass a good-jobs guarantee—but we have to start a movement now.
Apr 4, 2018 / Ady Barkan
In Marx’s Republic In Marx’s Republic
Did Capital offer us visions of freedom as well as domination?
Apr 4, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Luban
Dr. King Knew That Labor Rights Are Human Rights Dr. King Knew That Labor Rights Are Human Rights
The civil-rights leader was proud to rally with public workers and to connect their struggle with the struggle for a fair and equitable economy.
Apr 3, 2018 / John Nichols
Why Minor-League Baseball Needs to Organize Why Minor-League Baseball Needs to Organize
Bill Fletcher joins the show to talk minor-league baseball and the issues its players face.
Apr 3, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Don’t Let Big and Dark Money ‘Drown Out the Truth and Drown Out Your Voice’ Don’t Let Big and Dark Money ‘Drown Out the Truth and Drown Out Your Voice’
The cost of elections today increases the power of the privileged few while diminishing that of working Americans and, as such, harms democracy itself.
Apr 3, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel