Blowback in the Pacific Blowback in the Pacific
The US military’s “Pacific Pivot” is raising tensions with China and prompting local resistance.
Dec 31, 2012 / Feature / Koohan Paik and Jerry Mander
The Great Walmart Walkout The Great Walmart Walkout
The new labor campaign against the retail giant faces daunting odds, and the stakes are high: most of us live in the Walmart economy.
Dec 19, 2012 / Feature / Josh Eidelson
How Walmart Helped Make the Newtown Shooter’s AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America How Walmart Helped Make the Newtown Shooter’s AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America
A massive recent spike in gun sales has boosted Walmart’s flagging profits, making it the top seller of firearms and ammunition nationwide.
Dec 19, 2012 / Feature / George Zornick
The Progressive Honor Roll of 2012 The Progressive Honor Roll of 2012
From Bernie Sanders to Boots Riley, from Marcia Moody to Jane McAlevey, we celebrate nineteen activists, movements and politicians.
Dec 19, 2012 / Feature / John Nichols
How to Save the Democratic Party How to Save the Democratic Party
The time has come for a showdown between the reformist and accommodationist wings of the party.
Dec 5, 2012 / Feature / L.R. Runner
How to Save the Democratic Party: Replies How to Save the Democratic Party: Replies
We need to intensify the engagement of grassroots Democrats with progressive ideals.
Dec 5, 2012 / Feature / Various Contributors
‘The Limits to Growth’: A Book That Launched a Movement ‘The Limits to Growth’: A Book That Launched a Movement
This mega-bestseller has been attacked repeatedly since its publication forty years ago, but its warnings about the climate were alarmingly prescient.
Dec 5, 2012 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Fracking Our Food Supply Fracking Our Food Supply
Are dying cattle the canaries in the coal mine? Farmers and ranchers are sounding alarms about the risks to human health of hydraulic fracturing.
Nov 28, 2012 / Feature / Elizabeth Royte
It’s the New Economy, Stupid It’s the New Economy, Stupid
Efforts to reduce unemployment and curb inequality must be considered alongside urgent threats to the environment and democracy.
Nov 28, 2012 / Feature / John Cavanagh and Robin Broad
A New Economy for the Developing World A New Economy for the Developing World
Many governments and popular movements are embracing the need for systemic change.
Nov 28, 2012 / Feature / John Cavanagh and Robin Broad