How the Poor People’s Campaign Is Building a ‘New Electorate’ How the Poor People’s Campaign Is Building a ‘New Electorate’
A conversation with Reverend Liz Theoharis on the campaign’s broad agenda for 2019.
Jan 21, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
What AOC Owes MLK What AOC Owes MLK
The civil-rights leader’s vision of an equitable economy lives on in Congress’s emerging left.
Jan 21, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike
In 2014, a progressive Union Power caucus took over UTLA—and that has made all the difference.
Jan 19, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe
The Artistic Picket Line Surrounding the Super Bowl Halftime Show The Artistic Picket Line Surrounding the Super Bowl Halftime Show
The spotlight, fairly or unfairly, is on hip-hop artist Travis Scott, for crossing the line and performing on Super Bowl Sunday.
Jan 18, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Stories the Fashion Media Won’t Tell Stories the Fashion Media Won’t Tell
Why are fashion outlets ignoring Bangladeshi garment-worker protests?
Jan 18, 2019 / Minh-Ha T. Pham
When Corporations Pay CEOs Way More Than Employees, Make Them Pay! When Corporations Pay CEOs Way More Than Employees, Make Them Pay!
Portland’s groundbreaking strategy for curbing executive compensation should be a model for the rest of the country.
Jan 17, 2019 / Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati
Why No Deal Is the Real Deal: Brexit and the Politics of the Interregnum Why No Deal Is the Real Deal: Brexit and the Politics of the Interregnum
Leaving the European Union is the necessary goal of the left in Britain.
Jan 17, 2019 / Maurice Glasman
The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks
David Adler on politics, Pedro Noguera on the LA teachers’ strike, and Kate Aronoff on the battle of ideas.
Jan 17, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy
Though Orbán sought to stamp out dissent and free thought in Hungary, he only made us call out to one another in solidarity.
Jan 16, 2019 / StudentNation / Rosa Schwartzburg
Journalism Is Dangerous Work Journalism Is Dangerous Work
At home and abroad, the press is becoming a target of states and individuals.
Jan 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen