Labor Has a China Problem—but Not the One You Think Labor Has a China Problem—but Not the One You Think
Faced with Trump and neoliberalism, American unions are embracing one of their oldest, most dangerous tendencies: Sinophobia.
Apr 16, 2025 / Promise Li
Shawn Fain Is Right. America Needs to Rethink Trade. Shawn Fain Is Right. America Needs to Rethink Trade.
Trump’s tariff war is chaotic, but there is no way out of neoliberal globalization without some form of protectionism.
Apr 9, 2025 / Dustin Guastella
The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow” The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow”
“We cannot be at ease in America. History is pushing us; the present is demanding us; the future is calling us.”
Apr 8, 2025 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Trump’s Tantrum Tariffs Will Not Renew US Manufacturing Trump’s Tantrum Tariffs Will Not Renew US Manufacturing
Gimmicks like Trump’s economically ignorant, politically jingoistic, and personally self-serving tariff agenda won’t help workers in the US or abroad.
Apr 7, 2025 / John Nichols
A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy
The president’s tariff war is also a constitutional crisis.
Apr 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy? Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy?
At the moment, unfortunately, it seems more likely that Europe will be the last powerful holdout in a world entering a new political Dark Age.
Apr 4, 2025 / John Feffer
The Unemployment System Is Failing Workers. Barney Oursler’s Here to Help. The Unemployment System Is Failing Workers. Barney Oursler’s Here to Help.
Oursler and his staff at the Mon Valley Unemployment Committee have shown over the past 40 years what it means to really care about workers—on the job and off.
Apr 3, 2025 / Daniel Napsha
The Democrats Have Disappeared The Democrats Have Disappeared
As Trump and Musk bulldoze democracy, the Democratic Party is MIA. While Republicans use government to cripple the opposition’s ability to compete, Democrats whine about “no...
Mar 25, 2025 / Corbin Trent
Trump’s Threat to Canada Won’t Be Defeated by Centrist Nostalgia Trump’s Threat to Canada Won’t Be Defeated by Centrist Nostalgia
You can’t fight fascism with cozy memories.
Mar 24, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Time for a Progressive Rethink Time for a Progressive Rethink
Anger at the Democratic Party’s inept leadership and subservience to Big Money has been rising since the election. But the left also must examine our own role in enabling Trump.
Mar 24, 2025 / Jeff Faux