American History Explains Donald Trump American History Explains Donald Trump
After so many years of creating chaos abroad, it’s finally come back to haunt us.
Nov 14, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
These Spanish Activists Have Taken Punishing Bankers Into Their Own Hands These Spanish Activists Have Taken Punishing Bankers Into Their Own Hands
Their work is a model for citizen action against the architects of financial collapse.
Nov 14, 2016 / Anne Koch
Keith Ellison Is the Leader the DNC Needs Keith Ellison Is the Leader the DNC Needs
The Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair argues that if Democrats stand on principle and put resources into organizing, they will win.
Nov 11, 2016 / John Nichols
The Dinosaur and the Billionaire The Dinosaur and the Billionaire
The Democratic Party must learn to confront the institutions and elites that produced blue-collar dispossession.
Nov 11, 2016 / Steve Fraser
Hate Like This Is Spreading Across the Country. Will Donald Trump Denounce It? Hate Like This Is Spreading Across the Country. Will Donald Trump Denounce It?
While Trump complains about protesters on Twitter, white supremacists are committing hate crimes in his name.
Nov 11, 2016 / Samantha Schuyler
Inequality Among Women Is Crucial to Understanding Hillary’s Loss Inequality Among Women Is Crucial to Understanding Hillary’s Loss
Working-class women who voted for Trump tell us a lot about feminism’s relationship to class politics.
Nov 11, 2016 / Kathleen Geier
Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class
The numbers tell a different story.
Nov 10, 2016 / Monica Potts
This Trade Deal Would Make It a Whole Lot Harder to Fight Climate Change This Trade Deal Would Make It a Whole Lot Harder to Fight Climate Change
If the Trade in Services Agreement passes, individual countries wouldn’t be able to prioritize building a clean-energy infrastructure over fossil fuels.
Nov 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Plain People Spoke on November 8. Will the Powerful Listen? The Plain People Spoke on November 8. Will the Powerful Listen?
Like it or not, Tuesday’s ballot-box rebellion was a profound act of small-d democracy.
Nov 9, 2016 / William Greider
Inequality Gave Rise to Donald Trump’s Presidency Inequality Gave Rise to Donald Trump’s Presidency
But few of the 60 million Americans who cast their votes for Trump want to see a more top-heavy America.
Nov 9, 2016 / Sarah Anderson, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati