The Princeton Academic Testifying for Ted Cruz’s Climate Hearing Is For-Hire by Fossil-Fuel Corporations The Princeton Academic Testifying for Ted Cruz’s Climate Hearing Is For-Hire by Fossil-Fuel Corporations
A new report reveals ties between dirty-energy interests, a prominent climate denier, and a notorious dark-money group.
Dec 8, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
How to Get Rid of Your Landlord and Socialize American Housing, in 3 Easy Steps How to Get Rid of Your Landlord and Socialize American Housing, in 3 Easy Steps
Homelessness, unaffordable urban real estate, devastating gentrification, and the housing bubble are all rooted in privatized housing.
Dec 8, 2015 / Jesse A. Myerson
Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court
Will Indian nations lose one of the remaining paths for bringing justice to those who commit wrongs on their land?
Dec 7, 2015 / Andrew Bard Epstein
Day-Care Costs Can Drive a Family Into Poverty Before a Child Reaches Kindergarten Day-Care Costs Can Drive a Family Into Poverty Before a Child Reaches Kindergarten
But they'll probably impoverish her teacher first.
Dec 7, 2015 / Michelle Chen
How Can We Accelerate the Progress of Women’s Rights Around the World? How Can We Accelerate the Progress of Women’s Rights Around the World?
A new collection of essays grapples with the successes and ongoing struggles of the global feminist movement.
Dec 7, 2015 / Barbara Crossette
Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case for Raising the Minimum Wage Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case for Raising the Minimum Wage
In his first major speech as speaker of the House, Ryan inadvertently made one of the strongest arguments for lifting the wage floor.
Dec 4, 2015 / Rebecca Vallas and Melissa Boteach
Coal Baron Don Blankenship Is Convicted of Conspiracy; He Faces the Same Prison Time as Litterers Coal Baron Don Blankenship Is Convicted of Conspiracy; He Faces the Same Prison Time as Litterers
Asked for his response to the verdict, the former Massey Energy CEO just winked.
Dec 4, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism
American radicalism can’t be confined within US borders.
Dec 4, 2015 / Leon Fink
Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement
Could the Facebook family change the status quo of Silicon Valley philanthropy?
Dec 3, 2015 / Amy Schiller
Naomi Klein: Breaking the Back of Our Carbon Economy Naomi Klein: Breaking the Back of Our Carbon Economy
What should an economy that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels actually look like?
Dec 3, 2015 / Video / Naomi Klein