Zohran Mamdani Has a Choice on Free-Speech Restriction
The New York City Council has passed two bills that would restrict the freedom to protest across the city. Mayor Zohran Mamdani must now decide if he can stop at least one.
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War Isn’t Working for American Workers
While Pentagon budgets have steadily increased in recent years, the arms industry has become more consolidated, more automated, and less labor-intensive. The warfare state is not an effective economic development strategy for working people.
The Era of Citizens United Could Be Nearing Its End
A Maine lawsuit has suddenly become the most significant anti-corruption battle inside America’s legal system, offering the first serious chance in decades to challenge the disastrous Citizens United decision.
Trump Won’t Stop at Attacking Birthright Citizenship
Central to Donald Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship, enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment and a key feature of American jurisprudence, is the creation of an underclass of hyperexploited labor at home and abroad.
The Rise and Fall of Puerto Rican Independence
In the 1940s, the gradual unraveling of colonialism offered hope to Puerto Ricans demanding independence. But the archipelago was of military importance to the US — so Washington used economic threats and repression to retain it.
Yakov Kronrod’s Plan for Economic Democracy in the USSR
Yakov Kronrod played a major role in debates about how to reform the Soviet economy during the 1960s. His vision of a genuinely democratic economic system was too radical for Soviet leaders to accept because it threatened their authority.
Washington Wants Its Military Base Back
In Colombia, the Left has learned to win elections but has yet to break entrenched elite rule. Will the progressive forces behind Iván Cepeda get another chance, or will a resurgent reactionary bloc transform Colombia into a permanent US military outpost?
Claire Valdez’s Bold Program for Labor in Congress
New York congressional candidate Claire Valdez just announced an ambitious pro-labor policy agenda, including labor law reform, ending at-will employment, and a federal jobs guarantee. Everyone who is hoping to revive labor’s fortunes should take note.
The Jewish Labor Bund Stood Against Zionism
Molly Crabapple’s new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country, recovers the story of the Jewish Labor Bund — a socialist movement that opposed both assimilation and Zionism, and whose warnings about ethnonationalism have not lost their urgency.
Trump Officials Built an AI Tool to Turbocharge Deregulation
Artificial intelligence has a history of making poor regulatory decisions with disastrous effects on people’s lives. Newly released documents show the Trump administration sought to deploy a powerful AI tool to accelerate its deregulation spree.
Facing Up to the Horrors of the Mỹ Lai Massacre
Last month, Vietnam marked the 58th anniversary of the Mỹ Lai massacre, when US soldiers killed hundreds of defenseless civilians. US public memory largely ignores the history of atrocities like Mỹ Lai, making it easier to repeat them in the future.
John Roberts’s About-Face on Supreme Court Activism
During the Reagan administration, John Roberts was known for denouncing judicial overreach. Today he has adopted an assertive use of judicial power, using the Supreme Court’s shadow docket to fast-track corporate wins on climate and federal policy.