How Union Reformers Passed the PRO Act in Vermont
The pro-union PRO Act is stalled at the national level. But in Vermont, union reformers took over the AFL-CIO and used it to win their own version of the bill.
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An Interview With Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon explains why she's running for Governor of New York, why the Koch Brothers love Andrew Cuomo, and her place in the rise of progressive politics within the Democratic Party.
South Africa’s Energy Transition Is Mired in Disaster Capitalism
Years of sabotage by South Africa’s corrupt energy interests have led to unprecedented electricity blackouts and a stunted renewables sector. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s solution: privatization.
Greenwashing Denmark’s Big Farmers
Denmark’s new carbon tax targets an often-overlooked greenhouse-gas producer: agriculture. Yet the plan locks in big Danish farmers’ focus on energy-inefficient animal farming for export, frustrating hopes of a serious cut in emissions.
Why We Stand With Simone
If Bernie Sanders is to remain true to his break with establishment politics, he should reinstate Simone Zimmerman.
Richard Neal Has Spent Decades Carrying Water for Corporate America
Richard Neal's career is the story of a low-profile lawmaker keeping his head down, doing the work, and serving the interests of the corporate donors who give him money.
Beltway Liberals Aren’t Fighting Biden’s Pro-Corporate Admin Picks Hard Enough
In praising the pro-corporate Washington hacks Joe Biden has chosen to staff his administration, liberal groups are betraying their missions in order to try to gain influence — despite that appeasement strategy rarely working in American history.
“We Can Use This Crisis to Reconceptualize the Economy”
Australian workers are finally being addressed in the government’s rescue packages, but the measures go nowhere near far enough. National Secretary of the United Workers’ Union Tim Kennedy argues that the crisis offers an opportunity for genuine pushback and transformation.
The World After American Decline
Donald Trump has abandoned the project of neoliberal globalization in a desperate bid to reverse America’s decline. It’s cut the ground from underneath Washington’s junior partners and left the European Union floundering.
Harvard’s Progress Is Not Our Progress
Harvard University has always been a key site in which wealthy elites learn how to defend their class. But it has also been home to students who refuse to enroll in that project and opt instead to fight for the ethic of solidarity.
Portugal’s Welfare State Is Still in Danger
Victory for the Socialists in last month’s Portuguese election rewarded its successes in easing austerity. But for the Left, the fight isn’t over — especially as the European Union tightens the screws on the country’s public spending.
India’s Post-Ideological Politician
The catch-all populism of Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party has proven politically expedient in India.
To the Boomers We Love: Join Us Young People in the Movement Behind Bernie Sanders
Polls show that many older Americans don’t support Bernie Sanders. But we don’t want to write those boomers off — we want to warmly invite them to join our movement that’s fighting for dignified lives for us, for them, and for their children and grandchildren.
Right-Wing Dark Money Groups Want Regime Change in Iran
As Donald Trump threatens a military attack on Iran, shadowy conservative groups working to gut consumer protections and roll back abortion rights have also been pouring millions into influential think tanks advocating for regime change in the country.
Cuba’s Revolution Always Had an Internationalist Spirit
Sixty years ago, delegates from all over the world gathered in Havana for the Tricontinental Conference, forging ties of solidarity and resistance. The anniversary came last month, just as the US stepped up its aggressive campaign against Cuba.
The Last Thing We Need Is a Military Shock Doctrine
The COVID-19 pandemic should be a time to reduce the military's deadly footprint at home and abroad. We can't let the military use this crisis to expand its powers.
Tech Workers for Bernie
Bernie Sanders wants to rein in Big Tech, but tech workers love him anyway. Why? Because tech workers, like all workers, recognize the impact that policies such as Medicare for All and student loan debt relief could have on their well-being.
“If You Struggle, You Can Win”
Rutgers faculty just won a historic contract by threatening to strike. That confidence came from years of organizing and fighting the corporate university.
Meet Anjali Appadurai, the Leftist Challenger in British Columbia’s Upcoming Election
Leftist activist Anjali Appadurai has thrown her hat into British Columbia’s NDP leadership race. If she wins, she will become the new premier. But win or lose, her presence in the race is shaking things up.
Meet the Socialist Former Uber Driver Running for New York State Senate
The working-class son of Haitian immigrants, David Alexis cut his teeth organizing fellow Uber drivers. Now he’s running to unseat the “Joe Manchin of New York” and fight for immigrants’ rights, workers’ rights, and a Green New Deal from Albany.