Teachers and Cops
Teachers unions must join the struggle against police violence and for racial equality.
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Who Killed Eric Garner?
Eric Garner’s murder is not only about the justice system. It’s about how capitalism creates racialized categories of “surplus” people.
Hillary Clinton’s TV Show, Gutsy, Is Obnoxiously Infantilizing and Cutesy
Gutsy, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton’s new TV series, showcases courageous women from an array of fields. But the show’s narrow lens suggests approval of women who show spunk, but not those who challenge abusive state power or capitalism.
When Rioting is Rational
"Riots" aren't random occurrences. They're a reaction to structural oppression.
The Sound of the Police
The point of a strike is to stop production to show the work you do is essential. The NYPD slowdown has proven the opposite.
A Chance to Exorcise Mexico’s Dirty-War Ghosts
Fifty years ago, police and military forces massacred hundreds of students in Mexico City, sparking a brutal dirty war in Mexico for which no one was ever brought to justice. Andrés Manuel López Obrador could change this.
The Road House Remake Is Actually a Great Time
Do you ever hear about a new movie like the Road House remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal, assume it’s terrible, mentally prepare your vicious takedown of it — and then watch it? And it’s actually. . . good?
Gabriel Boric: “Democracy Is Built by All of Us Together”
In his inaugural address, Chile’s new socialist president Gabriel Boric salutes “comrade Salvador Allende,” remembers the horrors of the Pinochet dictatorship, and pledges to fight social inequality.
Stop Surveilling People Because of Their Immigration Status
The British government has handed private firm Serco a £200 million contract to help electronically monitor non-British citizens. In an op-ed, a man in an immigration-status limbo explains what it means to be tagged and constantly surveilled.
You Can’t Imagine Modern Cinema Without Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard was the last radical working in cinema during an era where the medium of movies still genuinely had the power to shock.
Peru’s Socialist President-Elect, Pedro Castillo, in His Own Words
Pedro Castillo, the rightful president-elect of Peru, describes his journey from elementary school teacher to trade union militant to the cusp of state power.
Bob Woodward Has Let Himself Become Trump’s Human Shield
Weeks before the election, Donald Trump is now citing Bob Woodward’s self-serving decision to suppress the shocking coronavirus audiotape as proof that he did nothing wrong.
The Torture of Solitary
With the tragic death of Kalief Browder, solitary confinement has taken another life. The practice must end.
Serbia Is a Showcase of Authoritarian Neoliberalism
Western media coverage often presents Serbia under Aleksandar Vučić as a Russian puppet state. In reality, Vučić has been playing both sides in the new Cold War while applying the same neoliberal policies that hold sway in the West.
Why Liberals Separate Race from Class
The tendency to divorce racial disparities from economic inequality has a long liberal lineage.
Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor
What does democratic socialism mean to Omar Fateh, Minneapolis mayoral candidate? “It’s pretty clear cut: you want to take care of everyone.”
In Praise of French Poetic Realism
In the 1930s, the French realist filmmakers found a way to speak to and fight against the rising authoritarianism in their country and the world.
Britain’s Tories Have Empowered Police to Attack Anti-Monarchy Protests
The recent arrests of anti-monarchy protesters are part of a broader trend. For years, Britain’s Conservatives have emboldened law enforcement to take an "arrest now and ask questions later" approach to policing.
Candyman Wrings Terror Out of the Horror of Gentrification
At a time of widespread urban gentrification, Candyman suggests that the ghosts of the displaced won’t disappear so easily.
The Tories Hate You
Banning protest, suppressing voters, and now diluting the Human Rights Act: the only right Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party cares about is its right to screw over British workers.