Labor for Trump?
For anyone familiar with New York City’s correction officers’ union, their affection for Donald Trump comes as no surprise.
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The Money in AIDS
During his term, Bill Clinton fought to protect pharmaceutical companies' ability to profit off the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.
Between Rojava and Washington
The Kurdish struggle has been undermined by world-power clashes over the future of Syria.
From the Raised Fist to the Bended Knee
Colin Kaepernick's protest is part of a long history of black athletes taking politics to the field.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s life is intimately tied to US energy policy and all the social devastation that comes with it.
Against the No-Fly Zone
A no-fly zone in Syria isn't a humanitarian response — it's a call to war.
How to Stop Trump
The protesters shutting down Donald Trump's rallies aren't attacking democracy — they're protecting it.
Medicalizing Society
The rise of psychiatry was funded by America’s Gilded Age industrialists. Their aim: to cast society’s ills as problems of individual "mental health."
How to Win Medicare For All
The Medicare-for-All movement needs a goal that will help broaden its base and inspire the next big push. A national march could do just that.
Obamacare Lives
Trump's moves to “sabotage” Obamacare are hardly a death blow for the health law.
Good News, Everybody!
Politicians are celebrating a decline in the poverty rate. There's just one problem: it doesn't really measure poverty.
Building Socialism in Cuba
As pressure for economic liberalization grows, what would it take to turn Cuba into a socialist democracy?
Trashing Union Democracy
The latest round of WikiLeaks shows Clinton's high-ranking labor allies were happy to tip the scales in her favor.
Defying Trump’s Racist Death Sentence
An interview with Yusef Salaam, one of the five men of color wrongfully convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case.
Puerto Rico at the Precipice
The aftermath of Hurricane María has laid bare the consequences of Puerto Rico's colonial condition.
From Toledo to Standing Rock
The recent decision to call up the National Guard at Standing Rock conjured up images of Guard–led repression throughout US history.
Don’t Work With Reactionaries
Richard Trumka's strategy of working with Trump to win concessions for labor was always a naive one.
Chapo Trap House, Between Hope and Nihilism
Chapo Trap House’s Matt Christman on pulling angry young men away from the alt right, consumption choices as politics, the grotesqueries of American life, and his commitment to “optimism of the will and all that shit.”
In on the Joke
Yes, we can still laugh at Donald Trump.
The Trump Way
What kind of economic agenda does Trump have in store for workers?