“Our Teachers Want to Be Part of a Movement”
St Paul teachers could soon go on strike for the first time in seventy-two years. And they’re using the Super Bowl to highlight injustices in the Twin Cities.
19103 Articles by: William G. Martin
William G. Martin teaches at SUNY-Binghamton and is co-author of After Prisons? Freedom, Decarceration, and Justice Disinvestment (2016) and a founding member of Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier; he covers local justice matters at www.justtalk.blog
Expelling Dissent
Deportation doesn’t just ruin lives. It’s a longstanding tool of political repression in the US.
Macron’s Attack on Workers
The first weeks of Emmanuel Macron’s labor reforms have brought a wave of layoffs across France.
No Exceptions
Pro-Israel groups claim that the First Amendment doesn’t protect the boycott, divest, and sanctions movement. A Kansas court just ruled against them.
Only When It Suits Them
Centrist Democrats embraced identity politics in the 2016 election. Surprise, surprise — they’re now working to keep diverse candidates out who threaten their power.
The Democrats’ Half-Assed Answer to the Trump Tax Cuts
The Democratic Party brain trust is floating new ideas on taxes. Their economics are questionable and their politics are worse.
Shared Foundations
A new education project for union members tackles racism using labor’s strongest weapon: solidarity.
Better Red Than Dead
Despite poverty and blockade, Cuba has triumphed where the US has failed in health care.
The Will to Mend
What if the United States had an internationalist medical program like Cuba?
A Century of Neglect
One hundred years of dysfunctional health care policy in the richest country on earth.
The Long Brazilian Crisis
Latin America’s largest economy is in disarray; its historic Workers Party faces destruction; and its radical left searches for a response.
Slavery and Judiciary
The deep arbitrariness of Brazil’s judicial system is the legacy of enslavement and colonialism.
8 Reasons to Oppose the Lula Decision
Brazil’s Homeless Workers’ Movement (MTST) gives eight reasons why Lula’s conviction was unjust.
The True Impasse of the New Republic
The future of Brazilian democracy doesn’t rest with Lula, but with the oppressed of Brazil.
Brazil on the Brink
Lula’s persecution represents a narrowing of Brazilian democracy with far-reaching consequences.
Awaiting an Alternative
The Lula conviction signals the end of an era for the Brazilian left. But it’s profoundly unclear what comes next.
New York’s Property Tax Is Theft
Under New York City’s byzantine property tax system, billionaires pay lower rates than bus drivers.
Horror on the Teleprompter
Trump’s State of the Union was a terrifying address that promised terror for immigrants at home and saber-rattling abroad.