Yesterday Was a Good Day
Socialists and leftists performed well in races around the country.
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Requiem for a Chickenhawk
John Bolton is a glassy-eyed fanatic who wants to wage war on the entire world. Miraculously and thankfully, his tenure in the Trump White House before being fired by the president was largely a failure.
The Rise of the Voluntariat
Like unpaid interns, the "voluntariat" creates profits without being compensated, but out of a sense of altruism.
Revolutionary Socialists in the Democratic-Socialist Moment
Right now, democratic socialism is on the rise in American society. Revolutionary socialists who have kept the torch of socialism burning during the lean years will now have to merge with democratic-socialist demands of the current moment.
Wall Street Is High on Government Supply
For more than a decade, the US government has been taking over ever larger portions of the financial system to prop up shaky markets. It hasn’t worked. We need a real socialization of finance — for the majority, not the banks.
The US, Not Iran, Is the Rogue State
Trump says he wants to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, yet he wrecked an international agreement that was doing just that. Now we're edging closer to a war that the US says it doesn’t want but is doing everything to cause.
Holding Clean Energy Hostage
Traditional utility companies are blocking renewable energy every step of the way.
Abortion Rights Are More Popular Than You Think
Don't let the slate of new anti-abortion bills fool you — support for abortion rights has actually increased in the last decade. Defeating these draconian measures will mean defeating the elite minority that imposes them.
Ending the Barbarity
Activists scored a win last week against for-profit prisons. Can they use it to launch a broader attack on the carceral state?
Will the Spill Spark a Movement?
A year after the devastating West Virginia chemical spill, residents have organized. But preventing another tragedy will require taking on the energy industry.
Right-Wing Extremism Won’t Win
The horrors in Christchurch remind us we’ve ignored the threat from extremists flirted with by the “mainstream” right for too long. If we resist them, they won't win.
Havana Nights: Mobsters and the American War on Cuba
How an unholy alliance between American intelligence, Cuban exiles, and organized crime tried to bring about counter-revolution in Cuba.
Let Them Eat Privilege
Focusing on privilege diverts attention away from the real villains.
The Novel as Dictator
Why socialist realism loses out to avant-garde aesthetics.
How the Other Half Goes to College
Rich parents bribing their kids' way into elite schools shows how college admissions is anything but a meritocracy. But the flipside is how poor and working-class kids face barrier after barrier to attending higher education at all, as this advisor to first-generation college students explains.
“We Rise Together, Homie”
An interview with Antoine Dangerfield, whose video of an Indianapolis wildcat strike went viral this week — and led to his firing. He doesn't regret it, though.
The Case Against Bombing ISIS
The military campaign against ISIS is just the latest phase of US imperialism in the Middle East.
A Guide to the French Revolution
For Bastille Day, we have answers to a bunch of questions about the French Revolution.
When Organizers Are Professionals
The transformation of community organizing into a “profession” is a barrier to radical political change.
Mad Men in a Mad World
Mad Men brilliantly shows the everyday cruelties of the old order, but insists that those who challenged them were fools.