How to Build the Movement for Progressive Power, the Urban Way How to Build the Movement for Progressive Power, the Urban Way
Four local politicians share their ideas for humanizing the “gig economy,” reforming the police, protecting immigrant rights, and solving the municipal budget crisis.
Oct 27, 2015 / John Avalos, Brad Lander, Antonio Reynoso, and Scott Waguespack
Criminal Justice–Reform Legislation Is Missing 1 Crucial Piece Criminal Justice–Reform Legislation Is Missing 1 Crucial Piece
Failing to invest in civil legal aid is a recipe for ensuring that many people will end up behind bars again.
Oct 27, 2015 / Rebecca Vallas and Billy Corriher
Big Coal Makes Its Move Against the EPA’s Power Plant Rule Big Coal Makes Its Move Against the EPA’s Power Plant Rule
The coal industry and its allies wasted no time initiating legal challenges against the regulations, which were published last week.
Oct 27, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
The Benghazi Hearings We Need The Benghazi Hearings We Need
It is time to challenge a global overreach that has failed repeatedly in the past and seems doomed to fail in the future.
Oct 27, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security
A major drought in Syria helped lead to the revolution and Assad’s crackdown. Harsh weather in Iraq could prove just as destabilizing.
Oct 27, 2015 / John Knefel
The Campaign Season of the Damned The Campaign Season of the Damned
Welcome to the endless torment of the perpetual campaign.
Oct 27, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Think We Can’t Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again. Think We Can’t Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again.
Long-term investments in clean energy would curb emissions and create millions of jobs around the globe.
Oct 27, 2015 / Feature / Robert Pollin
Trey Gowdy Sent an Intellectually Disabled Man to Death Row Trey Gowdy Sent an Intellectually Disabled Man to Death Row
As a South Carolina district attorney, Gowdy pushed to put Fredrick Evins on death row, even though evidence emerged during the trial that Evins is intellectually disabled.
Oct 26, 2015 / Spencer Woodman
The Radical Life of Rosa Luxemburg The Radical Life of Rosa Luxemburg
A graphic novelization of the revolutionary life and legacy of “Red Rosa.”
Oct 26, 2015 / Kate Evans
Demand a Federal Investigation of Exxon’s Climate-Change Deception Demand a Federal Investigation of Exxon’s Climate-Change Deception
Exxon-Mobil has spent years promoting skepticism of climate change—a position that runs contrary to the company's own research.
Oct 26, 2015 / NationAction