A New Law Is Letting Uber Drivers Unionize A New Law Is Letting Uber Drivers Unionize
After ride-hailing companies descended on Seattle and began slashing drivers’ pay, the City Council stepped in with a novel solution.
Jul 1, 2016 / Mike O’Brien
In This Corner of Washington, the Only Ideology Is ‘Money’ In This Corner of Washington, the Only Ideology Is ‘Money’
Politico’s daily newsletter Influence describes every squeaking turn of the revolving door with a certain admiration.
Jul 1, 2016 / Thomas Frank
Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need
In India, school funding is sorely lacking, but Teach for India just wants to transform attitudes.
Jul 1, 2016 / Feature / George Joseph
You Tell Us—How Can Progressives Continue to Build a Political Revolution? You Tell Us—How Can Progressives Continue to Build a Political Revolution?
What are the key battles ahead?
Jun 30, 2016 / The Editors
Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton
Ari Berman on the GOP’s war on voting rights, Zoë Carpenter on the Supreme Court and abortion, and D.D. Guttenplan on Brexit and Trump.
Jun 30, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Britain Is in Danger of Becoming a Zombie State Britain Is in Danger of Becoming a Zombie State
There is one path back from the abyss—but it’s a narrow one.
Jun 29, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
The 2 Things Britain Can’t Leave in the EU The 2 Things Britain Can’t Leave in the EU
Hint: They’re both real problems that Brexit has likely worsened.
Jun 28, 2016 / Column / Gary Younge
The Other ‘Political Revolution’ Growing in Washington The Other ‘Political Revolution’ Growing in Washington
Black feminists have moved a big idea that is breaking up the Beltway’s neoliberal consensus.
Jun 28, 2016 / Dorian T. Warren
ISIS Is a Symptom, Not the Cause, of the Middle East’s Disintegration ISIS Is a Symptom, Not the Cause, of the Middle East’s Disintegration
And other vital lessons the US security establishment has not learned.
Jun 28, 2016 / Patrick Cockburn
Big Solar’s Obstructionism in Maine Big Solar’s Obstructionism in Maine
Will Big Solar perpetuate the abuses of Big Oil?
Jun 27, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin