Smart Ass Cripple: Calling for a Straw Summit
I drink martinis through a straw—which isn’t easy.
View ArticleThe U.S. Is Complicit in Child Slaughter in Yemen
On August 9, a U.S.-supported Saudi airstrike bombed a bus carrying schoolchildren in Sa’ada, a city in northern Yemen.
View ArticleFive Questions For: ‘Documenting Hate: Charlottesville’ Producer Karim Hajj
‘I was most surprised by their reluctance to admit to their politics.’
View ArticleA White Supremacist Rally With Hardly Any White Supremacists
The ‘Unite the Right 2’ rally was a flop thanks to overwhelming, well-organized opposition.
View ArticleRaging and Healing in Charlottesville
The twelve months since the violent white supremacist Unite the Right rally have forced a painful reckoning on the liberal college town.
View ArticleForeign Correspondent: Afghanistan Has Become Trump’s ‘Failed Narco State’
President Donald Trump is back on the stump, trumpeting his alleged triumphs since the 2016 election. Somehow, he never mentions Afghanistan.
View ArticleContinuing the Teachers’ Fight in West Virginia
The West Virginia teachers won a raise, but the biggest fight, says Rebecca Diamond, teacher and member of the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia, is still ongoing.
View ArticleTuesday’s Primary Sets up Trumpism Versus Progressivism in Fall Elections
In the Midwest and across the country, the November election will test the Democrats’ messages of civility and progress against an entrenched Republican Party that has now fully embraced Donald Trump.
View ArticleThe Other Americans: Migration in a Changing Climate
The drought is driving many small landholders to leave their homes in the hopes of providing for their families. They see themselves as having no other choice.
View Article“No Guarantees”
Sarah Huckabee Sanders says there’s a whole lot she “can’t guarantee” about her boss.
View Article‘It Brings Us All to the Same Table’: Meet The New Progressive Farmers
Wisconsin farmers, like rural folks across America post-2016 election, are reclaiming their legacy as key players in the country’s progressive movement.
View ArticleThe Funny Side of 1968
A flashback to the unruly Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
View ArticleImpeach Away! Thoughts on a Possible President Pence
Progressives should not hesitate to mobilize in support of the impeachment and conviction of Donald Trump. Here’s why.
View ArticleDon’t Turn Mollie Tibbetts Into a Poster Child for Hate
A new tragedy is being used by Trump and others to whip up anti-immigrant sentiment.
View ArticleGiving Workers a Fighting Chance: A How To
Celine McNicholas of the Economic Policy Institute talks about a new moment to imagine the power of organized labor.
View ArticleThe Wonderful White House Isn’ts
‘Truth isn't truth,’ according to Rudy Giuliani. But did you know the Trump White House has an entire line of isn'ts?
View ArticleForeign Correspondent: What Has Fifteen Years of U.S. Occupation Produced?...
As militant protests roil the city of Basra in Iraq, two summer films give a fuller sense of what U.S. occupation there has wrought.
View ArticleThe Night Erwin Knoll Spent in Jail: A Report from the Democrat’s 1968...
This piece was originally published in 1968 after the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where anti-war demonstrations were met with violent police backlash. This year marks the 50th...
View ArticleThe Democratic Party’s 1968 Implosion Is Still Sending Shock Waves Fifty...
After the establishment came down on the counterculture at the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention, the Democratic Party was never the same.
View ArticleOrganizing Behind Bars, Inmates Push Back Against Abuse
Prisoners face harsh retribution for resisting forced labor practices and protesting extreme punishments.
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Howard Zinn on John McCain and Everyday Heroism
“Our country is full of heroic people who are not Presidents or military leaders or Wall Street wizards, but who are doing something to keep alive the spirit of resistance to injustice and war.”
View ArticleSea Party 2018 aims to ‘Turn the Tide’ in November
Voting blue this fall might literally mean casting a vote for the ocean.
View ArticleSmart Ass Cripple: Ah, for the Good Old Days!
Arbitration agreements with medical facilities are all the rage these days. We’ve probably all signed them, whether we know it or not.
View ArticleFlorida Primary Sets up Stark Choice, New Day for Democrats
In Tuesday’s primary elections, Democrats offer a powerful answer to the rapacious politics that have exacerbated inequality across the country.
View ArticleThe Movement Against Prison Abuse—From the Inside
Janos Marton of the ACLU’s Smart Justice program talks about a growing public awareness of the rampant inequality perpetuated by prisons, jails, arrests, and prosecutions, and what people on the...
View ArticleWhen Workers Say ‘No!’: A Whirlwind Tour of Wildcat Strikes
Legal restrictions on when and how workers can strike can bar them from influencing any real change in the workplace. That’s where “wildcat strikes” come in.
View ArticleFive Questions For: Prison Abolitionist Lauren Chief Elk on #PrisonStrike2018
“The women’s prison population is our fastest-growing. Who gets criminalized the most for gender-based violence is women of color.”
View Article‘Our Example Will Make Them Free.’ The Power Of Labor Day
Our collective amnesia about the history of the holiday is dangerous.
View Article‘The Proclamation Came and Set Us All Free’
An excerpt from a new book about history, and reconciliation.
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