Mitterrand’s War
For François Mitterrand, France’s atrocities in Algeria were stepping-stones to power.
19219 Articles by: Christina Groeger
Cristina Groeger is a history professor at Lake Forest College and a member of the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America.
The Hidden History of Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali’s resistance to racism and war belongs not only to the 1960s, but the common future of humanity.
Degrees of Austerity
Inside the budget crisis affecting the largest urban university in the United States and the half million students it serves.
Misremembering Keynes
The postwar order that emerged from the Great Depression was as fragile as it was prosperous.
The Body Cam Trade-Off
Challenging police violence shouldn’t require black Americans to sacrifice their privacy.
Redeeming Chávez’s Dream
The Chavista bureaucracy is betraying Chávez’s legacy. But the Bolivarian Revolution’s movements can carry on the fight.
The Mercenary University
NYU’s Abu Dhabi campus puts a liberal gloss on labor abuse and political repression in the UAE.
A Place to Live For
The ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan obscures the needs of workers in both countries.
What Bernie Supporters Want
The Sanders campaign has been driven by class politics, not white male angst.
The Moral Meat Market
Whole Foods’s animal-welfare violations show how hollow the rhetoric of corporate responsibility is.
45 Days of Solidarity
How Verizon workers outmatched the country’s largest telecommunications company.
Defending the Faith
The Catholic Church waged a century-long war against the Irish left.
When Soldiers Resist
This Memorial Day, let’s remember the courageous war resisters who said no to the slaughter in Vietnam.
The Catholic Cure for Poverty
Through the twentieth century, Irish elites treated poverty as a moral failing — and built a brutal carceral state to correct it.