‘An Eternal Night of Persecution and Death’: Activists Speak Out About Nicaragua’s Crackdown ‘An Eternal Night of Persecution and Death’: Activists Speak Out About Nicaragua’s Crackdown
Despite mass killings and newly authoritarian laws, a diverse opposition says the movement to oust Ortega is far from over.
Aug 17, 2018 / Maia Hibbett
Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter
Angela Davis, whose bond Franklin offered to post in 1970, says that the singer’s work “helped to shape and deepen a collective consciousness anchored in a yearning for freedom.”
Aug 16, 2018 / Editorial / Farah Jasmine Griffin
The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas
Some of its candidates have won, others have lost. But the movement is succeeding where it counts.
Aug 16, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sanction Mania vs. Russia Sanction Mania vs. Russia
For nearly 100 years, Russia has been under US sanctions, often to the detriment of American national security.
Aug 15, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Christine Hallquist Isn’t Just the First Transgender Candidate for Governor—She’s Also a Visionary Progressive Christine Hallquist Isn’t Just the First Transgender Candidate for Governor—She’s Also a Visionary Progressive
The history-making candidate says that Vermonters will elect her because of her platform.
Aug 15, 2018 / John Nichols
The Left Is Winning Even When It Loses The Left Is Winning Even When It Loses
Tough primaries don’t change the fact that leftist policies are very popular.
Aug 13, 2018 / Sean McElwee, Jon Green, and Colin McAuliffe
This Is Not a Time for Civility This Is Not a Time for Civility
White-nationalist rallies are calls for genocide, and must be treated as such.
Aug 10, 2018 / Natasha Lennard
These Democratic Socialists Aren’t Just Targeting Incumbent Politicians These Democratic Socialists Aren’t Just Targeting Incumbent Politicians
They’re going after slumlords and real-estate speculators.
Aug 10, 2018 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
Can Alessandra Biaggi and Julia Salazar Unseat the GOP in Albany? Can Alessandra Biaggi and Julia Salazar Unseat the GOP in Albany?
Forget the mythical Bernie Bro: New York has a brigade of Red Rosas ready to take on the establishment.
Aug 9, 2018 / Raina Lipsitz
Ignore the Media Hype: Progressives Won Big Tuesday Night Ignore the Media Hype: Progressives Won Big Tuesday Night
This week’s primaries were won by both democratic socialists and progressive democrats. Who didn’t win? Centrists.
Aug 9, 2018 / Joan Walsh