The Obama Center Leaves Chicago Communities in Its Shadow The Obama Center Leaves Chicago Communities in Its Shadow
The Obama Foundation is back selling hope and change to big-name donors, but this time, Chicago’s South Side residents aren’t all buying it.
Jul 10, 2018 / LeAlan M. Jones
Progressive Insurgents Are Propelling Democrats Into the Future Progressive Insurgents Are Propelling Democrats Into the Future
Democrats would be wise to embrace the passion that progressive insurgents are bringing to the fight.
Jul 10, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
My Best Friend Lost His Life to the Gig Economy My Best Friend Lost His Life to the Gig Economy
Pablo Avendano was a food-delivery courier struggling to make ends meet. Then he was killed delivering an order.
Jul 10, 2018 / George Ciccariello-Maher
Is It Time to Retreat From the Sea? A Q&A With Elizabeth Rush Is It Time to Retreat From the Sea? A Q&A With Elizabeth Rush
The author discusses what we can do as rising waters reshape the American coastline.
Jul 9, 2018 / Q&A / Sophie Kasakove
In New York, the Fight to End Gun Violence is Student-Led In New York, the Fight to End Gun Violence is Student-Led
High-school students across the city help train their peers to lead the charge in ending gun violence.
Jul 9, 2018 / StudentNation / Mary Akdemir
Can a New Kind of Payday Lender Help the Poor? Can a New Kind of Payday Lender Help the Poor?
Oakland’s Community Check Cashing offers an unusual alternative for the underbanked.
Jul 9, 2018 / Susie Cagle
Real Border Security Comes From a Moral Foreign Policy Real Border Security Comes From a Moral Foreign Policy
Rather than build internment camps, the US should build equitable relationships with Latin America and the Caribbean.
Jul 6, 2018 / Danny Glover and Rep. Ro Khanna
Criminalizing Homelessness Violates Basic Human Rights Criminalizing Homelessness Violates Basic Human Rights
Despite a UN report on poverty in the US, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti doubles down on cruel, anti-poor laws.
Jul 5, 2018 / John Raphling
How a Public Bank Could Help You How a Public Bank Could Help You
A campaign is underway in New York to take money out of Wall Street and put it into the hands of the city.
Jul 5, 2018 / Cities Rising / Michelle Chen
What the Media Got Wrong About Ocasio-Cortez’s Triumph What the Media Got Wrong About Ocasio-Cortez’s Triumph
The focus on her identity obscured the democratic socialist nature of her campaign—which put the lie to claims that the Sanders insurgency is “flailing.”
Jul 3, 2018 / Editorial / The Nation