Are We on the Verge of Another Civil War? Are We on the Verge of Another Civil War?
The historian David Armitage didn’t intend his new book to be a “handbook for our times.” But that’s just what it is.
Feb 8, 2017 / Richard Kreitner
Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III
His 2009 film, Generation Zero, shows a hellishly bleak vision of our past, present, and future, driven by a magical belief in historical determinism.
Feb 8, 2017 / Micah L. Sifry
Marx’s Revenge Marx’s Revenge
He may have lived a 19th-century life, but his ideas keep coming back with a vengeance.
Feb 8, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel
House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can’t Be Hacked House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can’t Be Hacked
Republicans would make it easier to steal an election by killing the Election Assistance Commission.
Feb 7, 2017 / Ari Berman
The Labor Movement Must Learn These Lessons From the Election The Labor Movement Must Learn These Lessons From the Election
An interview with Jane McAlevey.
Feb 7, 2017 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
Andy Puzder Is an Indefensible Nominee Who Can and Must Be Stopped Andy Puzder Is an Indefensible Nominee Who Can and Must Be Stopped
Labor groups are turning up the volume on Trump’s vulnerable pick for secretary of labor.
Feb 6, 2017 / John Nichols
Yemeni Bodega Owners Strike to Say ‘We Are America’ Yemeni Bodega Owners Strike to Say ‘We Are America’
Among the thousands who gathered in Brooklyn were many whose families had been directly affected by Trump’s immigration bans.
Feb 3, 2017 / Julianne Hing
New York’s Immigrants Aren’t Done With Trump New York’s Immigrants Aren’t Done With Trump
Are the outspoken protests by working-class immigrants the beginning of a powerful new front against Trump?
Feb 3, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Donald Trump Has Begun a Frontal Assault on Financial Reform Donald Trump Has Begun a Frontal Assault on Financial Reform
Friday’s executive order is mainly just a message, but it's a scary one.
Feb 3, 2017 / David Dayen
Barack Obama Radically Expanded Our Appreciation of African-American History Barack Obama Radically Expanded Our Appreciation of African-American History
By preserving sites that have been central to the black experience, Obama helped revitalize our civic religion.
Feb 2, 2017 / Robert Greene II