49 Years Ago, Harry Belafonte Hosted the Tonight Show—and It Was Amazing 49 Years Ago, Harry Belafonte Hosted the Tonight Show—and It Was Amazing
He interviewed RFK and MLK months before their deaths. Fifteen of 25 guests were African American.
Feb 16, 2017 / Feature / Joan Walsh
Native Americans Are Fighting to Take Back Their Artifacts Native Americans Are Fighting to Take Back Their Artifacts
The material culture and history of too many tribes has been taken from them.
Jan 16, 2017 / The Nation
Future Generations Need to Know Our Nuclear Waste Is Deadly. How Can We Tell Them? Future Generations Need to Know Our Nuclear Waste Is Deadly. How Can We Tell Them?
When designing nuclear-waste storage facilities, how do we make them so uninviting that our descendants won’t get curious?
Jan 9, 2017 / The Nation
Homeless in the Shadow of Santa Barbara’s Mansions Homeless in the Shadow of Santa Barbara’s Mansions
For hundreds of families, home is a car in a quiet parking lot.
Dec 20, 2016 / Jennifer Dworkin
Obama Was Not an Economic Radical. Trump Will Be. Obama Was Not an Economic Radical. Trump Will Be.
President Obama’s economic reforms were modest—but they’re definitely worth fighting for.
Dec 15, 2016 / Bryce Covert and Mike Konczal
Swamp-Draining 101: Don’t Appoint Swamp Rats Swamp-Draining 101: Don’t Appoint Swamp Rats
If Steven Mnuchin, Betsy DeVos and Steve Bannon are who we are counting on to drain the swamp, I would put my money on the mosquitoes.
Dec 14, 2016 / Brave New Films and Robert Greenwald
Just How Bad Are Taxes for Business? Just How Bad Are Taxes for Business?
California has some of the highest taxes in the country. Kansas, some of the lowest. Which economy is better off?
Dec 12, 2016 / Robert B. Reich
Almost Half a Million People Are in Jail Awaiting Trial Almost Half a Million People Are in Jail Awaiting Trial
How the practice of bail is making us less safe.
Dec 5, 2016 / Brave New Films
How You Can Stand With Standing Rock How You Can Stand With Standing Rock
Today’s #NoDAPL action targets the Army Corps of Engineers. Watch this video—then call them.
Nov 15, 2016 / Julia Mead
More Dangerous Than a Thousand Rioters: The Revolutionary Life of Lucy Parsons More Dangerous Than a Thousand Rioters: The Revolutionary Life of Lucy Parsons
What we can learn from one of the great organizers in American history.
Nov 15, 2016 / Kelly Gallagher