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Start Making Sense: Barbara Ehrenreich Explains Why the White Working Class Is Dying—Literally Start Making Sense: Barbara Ehrenreich Explains Why the White Working Class Is Dying—Literally

Also Rebecca Solnit on the Paris climate agreement and John Powers on Canada’s Justin Trudeau.

Dec 17, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Can Bernie Sanders Win Back Iowa’s Working Class? Can Bernie Sanders Win Back Iowa’s Working Class?

If he can’t, Donald Trump’s brand of right-wing populism looms large.

Dec 16, 2015 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, South Carolina, holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from the Emanuel AME Church following the mass shooting there.

How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism? How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism?

America must start rejecting the politics of fear.

Dec 15, 2015 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Goodbye, Middle Class—Hello, Donald Trump? Goodbye, Middle Class—Hello, Donald Trump?

A study finding a drop in the percentage of Americans in the middle class has political elites anxious.

Dec 14, 2015 / Joan Walsh

A woman walks past abandoned row houses in Baltimore, Maryland.

Baltimore Evicts Nearly 7,000 People From Their Homes Every Year Baltimore Evicts Nearly 7,000 People From Their Homes Every Year

It's time to put Baltimore’s broken rent courts on trial.

Dec 14, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism

American radicalism can’t be confined within US borders.

Dec 4, 2015 / Leon Fink

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, seen with their newborn daughter, Max, have transferred the majority of the family's Facebook stock options to a foundation the two control.

Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement

Could the Facebook family change the status quo of Silicon Valley philanthropy?

Dec 3, 2015 / Amy Schiller

Sylvester Stallone (left) as Rocky Balboa and Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Johnson in Creed.

Rocky Without Reaganism Rocky Without Reaganism

Creed offers a surprisingly daring depiction of the Rocky universe as seen from the other side of the tracks.

Dec 3, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Power of Moral Mondays The Power of Moral Mondays

Reverend Barber’s multi-racial movement for justice.

Dec 1, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Police lead suspected shooter Dylann Roof, 21, into the courthouse in Shelby, North Carolina, June 18, 2015. Roof, a 21-year-old with a criminal record, is accused of killing nine people at a Bible-study meeting in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina.

How to Understand White Male Terrorism How to Understand White Male Terrorism

We’ve been here before, and we know that violent backlash is at its fiercest when movements for racial and gender justice are winning.

Nov 30, 2015 / Max Berger

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Start Making Sense: Barbara Ehrenreich Explains Why the White Working Class Is Dying—Literally Start Making Sense: Barbara Ehrenreich Explains Why the White Working Class Is Dying—Literally

Can Bernie Sanders Win Back Iowa’s Working Class? Can Bernie Sanders Win Back Iowa’s Working Class?

How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism? How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism?

Goodbye, Middle Class—Hello, Donald Trump? Goodbye, Middle Class—Hello, Donald Trump?

Baltimore Evicts Nearly 7,000 People From Their Homes Every Year Baltimore Evicts Nearly 7,000 People From Their Homes Every Year

Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism

Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement

Rocky Without Reaganism Rocky Without Reaganism

The Power of Moral Mondays The Power of Moral Mondays

How to Understand White Male Terrorism How to Understand White Male Terrorism

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Start Making Sense: Barbara Ehrenreich Explains Why the White Working Class Is Dying—Literally Start Making Sense: Barbara Ehrenreich Explains Why the White Working Class Is Dying—Literally

Can Bernie Sanders Win Back Iowa’s Working Class? Can Bernie Sanders Win Back Iowa’s Working Class?

How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism? How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism?

Goodbye, Middle Class—Hello, Donald Trump? Goodbye, Middle Class—Hello, Donald Trump?

Baltimore Evicts Nearly 7,000 People From Their Homes Every Year Baltimore Evicts Nearly 7,000 People From Their Homes Every Year

Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism

Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement

Rocky Without Reaganism Rocky Without Reaganism

The Power of Moral Mondays The Power of Moral Mondays

How to Understand White Male Terrorism How to Understand White Male Terrorism