The Seattle Protests Showed Another World Is Possible The Seattle Protests Showed Another World Is Possible
Twenty years ago, demonstrations against the World Trade Organization opened the space for today’s critics of neoliberal capitalism.
Nov 29, 2019 / Mark Engler
FDR Got Everything that Trump Does Not About Thanksgiving FDR Got Everything that Trump Does Not About Thanksgiving
Roosevelt used the holiday to preach about sacrifice and solidarity. Trump thanks himself.
Nov 28, 2019 / John Nichols
I Asked Biden About Obama-Era Deportations. He Told Me to Vote for Trump. I Asked Biden About Obama-Era Deportations. He Told Me to Vote for Trump.
I was shocked to hear the 2020 Democratic front-runner tell me to my face to vote for Trump, simply because I pressed him on a question about basic dignity for immigrants.
Nov 28, 2019 / Carlos E. Rojas Rodriguez
Welcome to the Global Rebellion Against Neoliberalism Welcome to the Global Rebellion Against Neoliberalism
As distinct as the protests seem, the uprisings rocking Bolivia, Lebanon, and scores of other countries all have a common theme.
Nov 25, 2019 / Hard Paywall / Ben Ehrenreich
The New Global Insurrection The New Global Insurrection
From Bolivia to Haiti to Europe and the Middle East, citizens are rising up against corruption and government repression.
Nov 22, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
If Prison Conditions Don’t Improve, ‘It Will Be Our Blood Running Through the Water’ If Prison Conditions Don’t Improve, ‘It Will Be Our Blood Running Through the Water’
Meet Swift Justice, the incarcerated organizer fighting to transform Alabama’s prisons.
Nov 21, 2019 / Olivia Heffernan
Forget About Plans, Which Candidate Can Get Things Done? Forget About Plans, Which Candidate Can Get Things Done?
The question debate moderators need to ask tonight is not what changes candidates want to make but how they will make them happen.
Nov 20, 2019 / Rashad Robinson
Hong Kong Was Never Built to Stand Up to China Hong Kong Was Never Built to Stand Up to China
The power of the territory’s courts was dismissed by Beijing this week—proving just how weak Hong Kong’s rule of law has always been.
Nov 19, 2019 / Yukiko Kobayashi Lui
The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing
Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize—and win.
Nov 16, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
Dividing Landscape Dividing Landscape
The border wall is unethical and inhumane.
Nov 13, 2019 / OppArt / Laurie Smith