Taking It to the States Taking It to the States
State and local government is where the next generation of progressive voices will emerge.
Nov 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why the Working Class and the Left Fail as a Couple and What to Do About It Why the Working Class and the Left Fail as a Couple and What to Do About It
We have a lot to work out.
Nov 17, 2016 / Sara Niccoli
Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t. Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t.
Corporate Democrats have never advanced their interests—and at least Republicans offer a persuasive story about why they are getting screwed.
Nov 17, 2016 / Kirk Noden
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
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
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
Why Trump Won Why Trump Won
The Obama coalition works only if Democrats don’t throw white working people out of the boat.
Nov 9, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage
Coping With the Blows: Mexican Wrestling Goes Global Coping With the Blows: Mexican Wrestling Goes Global
Lucha libre is a stylized struggle between good and evil that has been part of Mexican popular culture since the 1920s. Now its appeal has spread to North America and Japan.
Nov 9, 2016 / Benjamin Fernandez
No Honeymoon for Hillary No Honeymoon for Hillary
If Clinton wins, she’ll inherit massive public anger unless she fights for progressive changes on trade and industrial policy.
Nov 8, 2016 / William Greider