Hoffa’s Numbered Days
The recent Teamsters election didn't unseat the old guard's James P. Hoffa, but it left him discredited and vulnerable.
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How Kissinger Won
No matter which party has held office over the last fifty years, Henry Kissinger has been in power.
Fidelistas After Fidel
With Castro gone and Trump in the White House, the stakes are high for ordinary Cubans. We spoke to some of them.
Public Education Can Win
In Massachusetts, students, parents, and teachers defeated a $23 million campaign to lift the state's cap on charter schools. How did they do it?
The Private Deportation Machine
This summer, the Department of Justice announced its intention to stop using private prisons. But the profit motive still drives immigrant detention.
Hezbollah and the Workers
Hezbollah’s record shows that the party’s interests are more aligned with elites than with workers.
Darwin’s Mistake
How, in an age in which “the fast eat the slow,” has Thomas Friedman not been gobbled up?
Liberal Anti-Politics
Liberal pundits would have us write off all Trump supporters. But only a broad working-class movement can defeat the far right.
When the South Held the Keys
The slaveholding class defeated in the Civil War were no ragtag band of sectionalists — they were the masters of the US state.
The Rojava Project
A Road Unforeseen is an inspiring account of the autonomous Kurdish region in Syria, but it glosses over Rojava's contradictions.
The Rich Can’t Save Us
The Democratic donor class will resist the very policies that could unite workers of all races. They can't subdue Trumpism.
A Second Chance
Colombia's new peace deal won't deliver justice, but its failure would be catastrophic.