Bernie vs. the Washington Consensus
Yesterday, Bernie Sanders showed his commitment to a sharp break from the foreign policy platforms of both the Democratic and Republican establishments.
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We Need a Movement Against Vaccine Apartheid
Vaccine apartheid has built a giant variant factory that threatens us all — and it's caused by private ownership of pharmaceutical production and the indifference of Western governments. We need a movement demanding an end to it.
Teachers’ Unions Are Making Totally Reasonable Pandemic Health and Safety Demands
After a four-day refusal to teach in-person, the Chicago Teachers Union is going back to school on Wednesday, where they wanted to be all along. The city’s lackluster pandemic safety made that impossible.
“Bidenomics” Won’t Reverse Working-Class Decline
The Biden administration has made some prolabor gestures and moves toward more state direction of investment. But the policies, emphasizing subsidies to business, will do little to reverse working-class disorganization or meaningfully address climate change.
8 Lessons From the Midterm Elections
Progressive and leftist voters are always told we’re too extreme. The midterm results should quash that narrative.
For and Against Climate Progress in the Atomic Garden
A new book opposing nuclear energy unintentionally highlights how 1970s opposition was a dead end for the Left. By examining contemporary arguments, it becomes clear that this historic stance has hindered climate progress and energy reliability.
We Are All Living in Rupert Murdoch’s World
The right-wing media baron Rupert Murdoch turns 90 today. His news empire has been instrumental in reshaping the world in the image cast by conservative elites. The need to build a robust and democratic alternative media has never been more urgent.
The Solution Is Single-Payer
In the face of the monstrosity that is Trumpcare, we must demand Medicare for All.
Jeremy Corbyn: We Can Build a New Economic Order
In a speech to the Progressive International, former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says now is not a time for retreat. We must build a powerful alternative to capitalist destruction.
The Political Street Fighters of Israeli Football
What a rivalry between a powerhouse’s racist hooligans and an idealistic fan-owned club says about who owns the future of Israeli politics.
The Epstein Whistleblower Who Was Silenced
A former Deutsche Bank compliance officer told the FBI she was fired in 2018 after flagging suspicious activity in accounts linked to Jeffrey Epstein and Jared Kushner, offering yet another example of how they operated above the law.
Israel’s Iron Wall Still Stands After Nearly a Century
Over the years, the Israeli historian Avi Shlaim and his fellow “New Historians” have punctured a long series of Zionist myths about the country’s past and present. Now, Shlaim — once a supporter of the Oslo “peace process” — is adding the two-state solution itself to that list of dispelled myths.
Congressional Democrats Are Out of Step With Their Base
Right-leaning caucuses now hold a majority among Democrats in the House of Representatives. The dominance of centrist economic policy in the congressional party puts it increasingly out of step with Democratic voters.
Wall Street Turbulence Is Hitting Low-Income Retail Investors
Even as pain, fear, and tariffs dictate economic outlooks, the huge companies losing billions in market capitalization can expect to recover. The millions of lower-income Americans with investment accounts tied to these same firms may not be so lucky.
Joe Biden, the Hawk
If you’re looking for a president with a track record of boosting foreign intervention, expanding the surveillance state, and steadfastly backing Israel despite its war crimes, Joe Biden is your guy.
Under Trudeau, Canada Is Saudi Arabia’s Most Dedicated Gunrunner
The Saudi regime is responsible for one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises through its war in Yemen. The Biden administration has now frozen arms sales to the Saudis, but Justin Trudeau’s government seems happy to step into the breach as their gunrunner of choice.
The Ruling Class Does Not Rule
In a capitalist society, state managers rely on business confidence to generate the economic growth on which they depend, so capitalists don’t have to mobilize politically to block radical reform. It requires exceptional circumstances to loosen these constraints.
Federal Regulators Gave the Green Light to Silicon Valley Bank’s Risky Investments
In the years leading up to Silicon Valley Bank’s recent collapse, federal regulators granted the bank a special exemption from a key rule put in place to prevent banks from engaging in risky investments.
The Scramble for the Arctic Is Just Getting Started
Donald Trump’s efforts to claim Greenland for the US is part of a wider push toward militarization of the Arctic. Conflicts thousands of miles away, like the Russian war in Ukraine, are already having an impact on the peoples of the region.
Mike Bloomberg Is as Big a Threat to Democracy as Donald Trump
Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign isn’t just an obnoxious distraction — it's a case study for the danger that billionaires pose to democracy.