The Supreme Court Is Smothering American Democracy
As Republicans ram through a Supreme Court nominee appointed by a president who lost the popular vote, the anti-democratic rule of the judiciary is on full display.
19145 Articles by: Abigail Torre
Abigail Torre grew up in Chile and now lives in Berkeley, California where she is cochair of the East Bay chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.
Surprise “Air Ambulance” Bills Are the Latest Nightmare in Private Health Insurance
On top of skyrocketing medical costs, many Americans face staggering surprise bills for “air ambulances.” What’s no surprise is that the private equity industry is deeply implicated in this nightmare — and spending heavily to make sure no one puts a stop to it.
GOP Sen. Susan Collins Has a Close Friend in Billionaire Steve Schwarzman
Billionaire Wall Street tycoon and Donald Trump pal Steve Schwarzman donated $2 million to keep Susan Collins in the Senate — after Schwarzman’s private equity firm reaped the benefits of Trump’s 2017 tax law.
We Shouldn’t Trust the FBI’s Narrative on the Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Scheme
The details of the kidnapping plot targeting Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer are disturbing and show the real danger of the far right. But given the FBI’s very recent history of using undercover informants as provocateurs to push people into planning “terror plots” that otherwise would have never happened, we should examine its narrative closely.
“John Brown: History’s Greatest Hero”
Eugene V. Debs died on this day in 1926. Debs idolized John Brown, who he eulogized in a 1907 article as “the most self-sacrificing soul in American history.” We reprint the brief but rapturous article here in full.
Evo Morales’s Party’s Massive Victory Is a Rebuke to US Elites Who Hailed the Coup
Immediately after last year’s right-wing coup in Bolivia, US elites, including many liberals, celebrated or excused the putsch against Evo Morales. Yesterday’s resounding electoral win for Morales’s party is a rebuke to all of their bloviating nonsense — and a massive triumph for democracy in Bolivia.
Workers at the Immersive Entertainment Company Meow Wolf Are Unionizing
Workers at Meow Wolf, the multimedia immersive arts and entertainment company based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, are voting today on whether to unionize. The Meow Wolf Workers Collective says they’re trying to keep pace with the growth of what was once a loose artist collective and is now a multimillion-dollar business.
The New Season of Fargo Is an Embarrassment of Riches
The new season of Noah Hawley’s Fargo moves the action to 1950 Kansas City. It looks at Midwestern history and culture with raucous humor, wild plotting, and a rogues’ gallery of American oddballs in the best tradition of Mark Twain.
The Federal Reserve Rescued Corporations — And Let the Rest of Us Suffer
The Federal Reserve has chosen to give powerful corporations like Chevron far better lending terms than the state of Wisconsin. There’s no reason the Fed can’t lend to state and local governments at zero percent interest.
It’s Not Enough to Fight — Labor and the Left Have to Be Serious About How to Win
Unions and the Left across the globe have the power to defeat the billionaires. But Jane McAlevey explains that doing this requires we learn the best traditions of labor organizing — and that we talk to people who don’t already agree with us and win them over to our side.
Only Class War Can Stop Climate Change
A new report shows that the world’s top 1 percent is responsible for double the emissions of the entire bottom half of the planet. The message is clear: to fight climate change, we have to fight the ruling class.
The Labor Movement Should Take Up the Fight Against Evictions
A movement defending working-class interests isn’t just about what happens at work, but also about the places where we live. A labor movement fight against evictions can break the power of landlords to ruin our lives — and make the case for why we all deserve affordable, quality housing.
How Australia’s Labor Movement Helped Build Neoliberalism
In the US and UK, conservative politicians like Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher kick-started neoliberalism. In Australia, however, it began in the 1980s with a fateful Accord introduced by Labor prime minister Bob Hawke and supported by Australia’s trade union leadership.
Public Schools Are Starting to Charge “Fees” for “Childcare”
In an alarming trend, financially strapped school districts across the country are introducing “fees” for looking after students. We need to stop the COVID-19–era privatization of public schools.
Unions Are Starting Discussions of How to Resist a Trump Coup
Unlike most of the world, American unions have almost no history of waging political mass strikes. But with Donald Trump’s exceptionally dangerous and undemocratic threats, some unions are discussing the possibility of withholding their labor to stop him from stealing the election.
The OAS Helped Facilitate Last Year’s Coup Against Evo Morales. Now It’s Observing Today’s Bolivian Elections.
The Organization of American States, a supposedly neutral election observer, helped legitimate last year’s coup in Bolivia by falsely claiming Evo Morales had committed election fraud. And now it’s observing today’s elections — a fundamental threat to the prospects for democracy in the country.
Evo Morales Was the Americas’ Greatest President
On the day of Bolivia’s presidential election, we look at the legacy of Evo Morales — who won power in South America’s poorest country, tripled its GDP, and lifted millions out of extreme poverty.
The Organizers of the Bolivian Coup Will Never Accept Free Elections
Almost a year since the military coup against Evo Morales, today Bolivians will finally get to vote on a new president. But the forces that overthrew Morales have done everything they can to stop his Movement Toward Socialism to return to power through a free and fair election.
Scott Morrison’s “Gas-Fired Recovery” Is Doubling Down on Fossil Fuels in Australia
The Liberal Party’s plan for a “gas-fired recovery” is not just the product of climate change denialism. It’s a class-conscious scheme to guarantee the profitability and continued hegemony of mining and fossil fuel capital long into Australia’s future.
In Canada, Jason Kenney Is Launching an Assault on Alberta’s Working Class
Alberta’s UCP government, led by premier Jason Kenney, is kowtowing to the province’s bosses in every conceivable way. The passage of Bill 32 demonstrates their devotion to Alberta’s business class and their contempt for working people.