Sports Betting Will Do to America What It’s Done to Australia

Australia is the canary in the coal mine for sports betting, and Americans should pay attention to the destruction the industry has caused.

India’s Largest Paramilitary Force Got Away With Terror

Today marks 16 years since Hindu supremacists bombed a marketplace in Malegaon, India, in an anti-Muslim terror attack. The killers were linked to the RSS paramilitary group — but they still haven’t been brought to justice.

Using Research to Uncover Campus Complicity in Genocide

Across the US, students organizing against Israel’s assault on Gaza have made essential use of power research, uncovering financial ties between the Pentagon and campus labs and mapping out connections between university trustees and the war machine.

Operation Dixie Failed but Pushed Racial Equality Forward

The famous Operation Dixie campaign to unionize the South in the 1940s was mostly unsuccessful. Still, it left a positive mark on American society. It’s even possible that the civil rights movement wouldn’t have staged the March on Washington without it.

The Damage Gerry Healy Wrought

Head of one of the biggest far-left groups in 1970s Britain, Gerry Healy was accused of rape and sexual abuse. A new biography reflects on the swamp from which he emerged — and how his group’s authoritarian model facilitated his crimes.

Access to Medical Resources in Court Facilities Is a Right

The New York City legal system is regularly neglecting the most basic medical needs of those in its custody. This has to change.

For Ken Klippenstein, Against Censorship

Twitter’s banning of Ken Klippenstein and suppression of his journalism should be a wake-up call that tech censorship is a threat to press freedom across the political spectrum.

An Appreciation of Maggie Smith

Beloved actor Maggie Smith died yesterday at 89. To understand her brilliance, look no further than her complex performance in the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

How Bad Would a Trump Presidency Be for Labor?

The Right has given us plenty of indications of the dangers a second Trump term could pose to labor. To see how bad things might get, we can look to another example of a brutally anti-labor presidency: Ronald Reagan’s.

In Austria, Communists Could Get Back Into Parliament

Austria’s Communist Party hasn’t had an MP since 1959. But after years showing its worth in bread-and-butter local campaigns, the party has a realistic chance of a breakthrough in Sunday’s general election.

Zohran Mamdani: Eric Adams Must Go

Mayor Eric Adams claimed to speak for New York City’s working class. Then, a federal indictment asserts, he sold them out for luxury travel and a fraudulent straw donor scheme. He must resign now, says socialist New York Assembly member Zohran Mamdani.

Eric Adams Said Crime Is Out of Control. He Would Know.

Eric Adams is now the first sitting New York mayor to face criminal charges. Yet his worst actions — cutting budgets for schools, libraries, childcare, and anything else he could in his single-minded quest for more austerity — have been perfectly legal.

American Airlines Flight Attendants Just Won Boarding Pay

Flight attendants typically aren’t paid during boarding time. Earlier this month, after a three-year contract campaign and a credible strike threat, flight attendants at American Airlines became the first to win boarding pay.

A Return to Gompers

Eric Adams Never Had a Mandate

The federal corruption indictment against New York mayor Eric Adams suggests his victory didn’t reflect a popular consensus on law and order and austerity — it was a product of alleged straw donor fraud that gave him a huge cash advantage in a tight primary.

The Fredric Jameson I Knew

The cultural critic Fredric Jameson died on September 22, leaving behind a body of work of incomparable breadth and sophistication. Robert Tally, a critic and former student of Jameson’s, reflects on what he was like as an intellectual, teacher, and friend.

Sahra Wagenknecht’s Party Is a Bad Example for the Left

In Germany, the new Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance has scored well in its first electoral tests. Its burial of class politics and imitation of right-wing positions on migration show why its rise isn’t good news for the Left.

Netanyahu Has to Be Forced to Stop

The only way to stop a bloody and electorally disastrous regional war in the Middle East is for President Joe Biden to do the one thing he wants to avoid: cut off military aid to Israel.

Eric Adams’s Indictment Creates an Opening for the Left

Whether Eric Adams resigns as New York mayor or not, the city’s left will have an opportunity to set the narrative of the mayoral election next year — something it failed to do in 2021.

How US Trade Unionists Opposed the Dirty War in El Salvador

The Reagan administration enlisted the AFL-CIO to provide cover for its bloody campaign against the Left in Central America. But progressive forces in US labor took a stand in solidarity with trade unionists facing murderous repression in El Salvador.