Students Into Soldiers
The US military preys on the country's poorest students.
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In Defense of Busing
Busing wasn't an experiment imposed by elites; it was part of a grassroots movement demanding quality education for all.
The Problem With Gun Control
Homophobic and racist violence won't be fixed by heavily armed police or discriminatory gun control.
The Left After Charlottesville
The Left can't allow itself to be consumed by debates about antifa. We need a proactive program and patient organizing.
Policing Black Radicalism
The US state has long sought to monitor and undermine black resistance movements.
The Repression Lists
For decades, the state has used lists like the no-fly list to expand its power and harass political dissidents.
The Murder of Michael Brown
How regional inequities and a local fiscal crisis conspired to kill Michael Brown two years ago today.
The Trouble With Anti-Antiracism
Movements targeting racial disparities aren't distracting attention from class inequality — they’re part of a broader radicalization against American capitalism.
Neoliberalism’s Deadly Experiment
In Michigan, privatization and free-market governance has left 100,000 people without water.
Everybody Hates Cornel West
How Cornel West went from liberal media darling to pariah.
You Can’t Fake It
A general strike could transform American politics. But we're nowhere near being able to call one.
Chicago’s Brutal Example
A new Department of Justice report shows that Chicago police have proven immune to reform.
Taming the Antislavery Revolution
The Civil War wasn’t just a struggle against the South. It was an ideological battle within the heart of Northern society.
Lessons From the Anti-Austerity Movement
The anti-Trump movement will only be successful if it takes stock of the struggles that came before it.
Debating Black Freedom
A look back at Liberator, an anticolonial magazine that operated during a golden age for black radical publications.
Bob Lee (1942–2017)
Black Panther and organizer Bob Lee forged the kind of revolutionary interracial solidarity desperately needed today.
For a Free Guiana
French Guiana has taken to the streets to protest decades of underinvestment and neglect.
For Health and Freedom
Civil rights activists knew their struggle was incomplete without winning a just health care system. They're an inspiration for single-payer activists today.
Do-It-Yourself Class Struggle
One lesson from the West Virginia teachers’ strike is clear: nobody is coming to save us. We’ll have to do it ourselves.
You Get What You Pray For
The ultra-conservative pastor Robert Jeffress preaches white supremacy, misogyny, and homophobia. No wonder Donald Trump loves him.