Political Ideologies

Marx’s Revenge

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

Mario Savio

What Might Mario Savio Have Said About the Milo Protest at Berkeley? What Might Mario Savio Have Said About the Milo Protest at Berkeley?

The 1960s Berkeley Free Speech Movement leader warned that freedom exercised irresponsibly or freedom repressed could “bring disgrace upon our university.”

Feb 7, 2017 / Robert Cohen

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 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 The Labor Movement Must Learn These Lessons From the Election

An interview with Jane McAlevey.

Feb 7, 2017 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

A Peek Into America’s Future Under Trump

A Peek Into America’s Future Under Trump A Peek Into America’s Future Under Trump

Nuclear strikes, martial law, and cyborg billionaires! 

Feb 7, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Your Guide to the Sprawling New Anti-Trump Resistance Movement

Your Guide to the Sprawling New Anti-Trump Resistance Movement Your Guide to the Sprawling New Anti-Trump Resistance Movement

An explosion of new activism offers a ray of hope in these dark political times. 

Feb 6, 2017 / Feature / Joshua Holland

Michael Flynn

The Advisers Inside Trump’s White House Want to Make War Everywhere The Advisers Inside Trump’s White House Want to Make War Everywhere

If only they could agree on where to begin.

Feb 6, 2017 / Ira Chernus

Suzanne Loebl

I Fled Nazi Germany, and I See Myself in Syrian Refugees I Fled Nazi Germany, and I See Myself in Syrian Refugees

A Holocaust refugee speaks out against Trump’s Muslim ban.

Feb 6, 2017 / Suzanne Loebl

Ohio Early Voting

Here’s How the 2018 Midterm Elections Could Be Fatally Undermined Here’s How the 2018 Midterm Elections Could Be Fatally Undermined

By doubling down on their voter-suppression tactics, Trump and Co. could put the House of Representatives beyond the reach of even an overwhelming Democratic majority.

Feb 6, 2017 / Natalie Reed

About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes…

About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes… About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes…

A joke? Who was it that said the use of jokes “points the way to their future uses”? It’s Götterdämmerung time.

Feb 3, 2017 / Greg Grandin

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