Is Student Debt Forgiveness Progressive?
Forgiving student debt would benefit more than just the wealthy — but that doesn’t mean we should be completely on board.
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Bill de Blasio Is a Progressive Sham
Bill de Blasio is welcoming Amazon to New York City with open arms — proving that his progressive reputation was always a sham.
Nationalize California’s Pacific Gas & Electric
California’s massive, deadly wildfires aren’t just a consequence of climate change — they’re a result of the profit model in utilities. We need to nationalize PG&E and the entire national power grid.
Panic in Westminster
What happens when irresistible Brexit meets an immovable EU? Theresa May will soon find out.
From Recovery to Union Renewal
What happens to worker power when the most pressing struggle in workers’ lives isn’t against the boss but against addiction?
Why “Post-Work” Doesn’t Work
Many on today’s Left seek to abolish work. But the goal of socialism is to transform it.
American Politics Could Use More Conflict
Decrying “tribalism” is a favorite pastime of American elites, but the real problem is the unity among them.
Howard Zinn’s Life on the Frontlines
Howard Zinn’s life was a model for left-wing intellectuals to both produce and take action to transform the world.
Spain’s New-Old Monster
Until recently, Spain was uniquely free of neofascism. Not anymore.
Hobsbawm in Italy
Eric Hobsbawm’s close engagement with the Italian Communist Party demonstrated the sharply political character of his work.
Israel’s Genocidal Arms Customers
Israel isn’t just maintaining a brutal military occupation. It’s also supplying weapons to genocidal regimes around the world.
Keeping Europe’s Workers in Line
In Europe, austerity hasn’t led to economic growth. But that’s not the point — the point is to discipline workers.
Watch Out, Walmart
Bernie Sanders is using his bully pulpit to take on capitalists that pay poverty wages. His latest target: the Walton family.
Cuomo’s “Carceral Humanism”
Andrew Cuomo is being touted as a 2020 presidential contender. But his juvenile justice reform law does more to shore up the carceral state than attack it.
A Health System That Punishes the Sick
The Democrats’ retaking of the House means that Obamacare is finally safe. But people with preexisting conditions won’t be out of the woods until we have a Medicare-for-All system.
Can Republicans Rewrite the Constitution?
A stealth right-wing campaign to call a constitutional convention is perilously close to succeeding. Its goal: repealing the twentieth century.
Britain’s Secret War in Colombia
For over half a century, a war against Colombian civilians has been waged alongside the war against Colombia’s guerrilla insurgencies. And the British state has supported it.
The Soviet Union’s Glimpse of an Architecture for the Many
For all the Soviet Union’s faults, by traversing its vast architectural landscape, we can get a glimpse of what a built environment for the many, not the few, could look like.
Labour’s Socialist Realism
A new book of essays edited by UK Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell makes the case for economic democracy and charts the increasingly transformative thinking of Corbyn’s Labour Party.
Tech Workers Need to Keep Organizing
Despite their often-high salaries, tech workers are workers. And like any other kind of worker, to advocate for their interests on the job, they need to get organized.