A Minecraft Movie Is as Bad as It Is Popular
Based on the best-selling video game of all time, A Minecraft Movie is officially a megahit. If this is Hollywood’s savior, we’re all doomed.
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South Africa’s Worst State-Sponsored Massacre Since Apartheid
In a staggering display of cruelty, South African police laid siege to an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, leaving at least 78 workers dead by mid-January. Informal miners are the shadow of an exploitative mining industry — one inextricable from apartheid.
Labor’s Future in the Global Trade War
As trade tensions rise and industrial policies are reshaped, labor faces critical decisions in a world plagued by economic nationalism and climate change.
Trump’s CFPB Is Opening the Gates for Fintech and Crypto
Steering the country toward another potential financial crisis, the Trump administration has moved to completely gut the federal regulatory agency tasked with reining in financial institutions.
Attacks on German Campus Protests Fuel Authoritarian Turn
As Israel destroyed Gaza’s universities, German academic leaders condemned students who protested against it. Now, as Israel invades Rafah, they’re stepping up their repressive effort — using police to make sure US-style campus occupations never take root.
Bring Back the COVID Welfare State
By many metrics, the US economy is doing well — but most voters still disapprove of Biden’s handling of it. If they want to win elections, Democrats should run on reviving the temporary COVID welfare state they let expire.
WNBA Athletes Are Done With Being Underpaid
The WNBA is more popular than ever. On the back of this success, and with rival leagues threatening to outbid it by offering athletes higher pay, the WNBA’s union has decided to use its strong position to renegotiate a contract for better pay and benefits.
Liberals’ Heated Fascism Rhetoric Sidesteps Self-Reflection
In response to the threat of a second Donald Trump presidency, Democrats are dusting off apocalyptic rhetoric of looming fascism and total democratic collapse. It's a self-soothing deflection of responsibility more than anything else.
The No Kings Protests Are Cause for Hope
The No Kings rallies have evolved beyond basic anti-Trump liberalism. Their messaging is sharply antiwar, anti-oligarchy, and far more substantive than the “resistance” politics of Donald Trump’s first term. The Left should be proud to participate.
We’re Thinking About Addiction Entirely Wrong
One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and purposelessness.
Congress’s Israel Support Is Out of Touch With Voters
Polling of US voters shows growing sympathy for Palestinians. But this week, the Senate couldn't even bring itself to pass a modest measure to investigate whether Israel is using US aid to violate human rights.
Lyft Wants to Run LA’s Bike Share. Workers Are Saying No.
Los Angeles County has proposed that Lyft take over its public bike share program. LA bike share workers fear Lyft will gut their program and undermine their union — so they’ve joined with public transit advocates to fight privatization.
The Americanization of European Conservatism
Europe’s conservative politicians are increasingly obsessed with online culture wars rather than broad projects for society. It reflects a postmodern shift in which once deep-rooted party organizations are replaced by skirmishes on social media.
Economics Needs a New Approach to Inflation
The question isn’t whether the mainstream economic consensus on inflation is right or wrong. It’s clearly wrong. The question is, can we do anything about it?
The Antiabortion Judge With a Financial Ethics Problem
For years, Allyson Ho has received payments from the Alliance Defending Freedom. When the right-wing advocacy group argued a case in her husband’s court, Judge James Ho cast a decisive vote to cut off remote access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
The Soft Left Couldn’t Stand Up to Tony Blair’s War
How Labour failed to mobilize against the Iraq War.
IKEA’s Genius Plan: Pay Workers More to Keep Them
Faced with sky-high turnover, notoriously anti-union IKEA has reluctantly decided to pay workers more and offer them childcare in a tight labor market. To rebalance power between management and labor in the long term, workers need a union.
Detroit Techno’s Dance with Death
As automation ravaged Detroit, black musicians created a new sound that merged human and machine. With it came a vision for working-class self-organization in the Motor City.
If Biden Really Wants to End Homelessness, He Needs to Support Public Housing
The Biden administration promised a humane and proactive approach to the nation’s housing and homelessness crises. Instead, we’ve gotten technocratic tinkering and homeless encampment sweeps. We need investment in public housing.
Big Pharma’s Profiteering Led to the Omicron Variant
For months, medical experts warned that leaving large areas of the world unvaccinated would make new variants inevitable. But for Big Pharma, profits come before public health.