Policing the Colony: From the American Revolution to Ferguson Policing the Colony: From the American Revolution to Ferguson
King George’s tax collectors abused police powers to fill his coffers. Sound familiar?
Mar 29, 2017 / Feature / Chris Hayes
Letters From the April 10, 2017, Issue Letters From the April 10, 2017, Issue
The road to Trump… Alien-Nation… The people’s news… Crash!… The past as prologue?…
Mar 23, 2017 / Our Readers and Matt Stoller
This 50 Year-Old Economics Book Helps Explain the Corporate Republic We Live In This 50 Year-Old Economics Book Helps Explain the Corporate Republic We Live In
Revisiting my father’s great work of theory can help us figure out what will take the place of faith in the free market.
Mar 22, 2017 / James K. Galbraith
The End of the US Empire Can Be a New Beginning for Our Democracy The End of the US Empire Can Be a New Beginning for Our Democracy
Only by understanding how Trump fits within our recent history will the left be able to figure out where we go from here.
Mar 21, 2017 / Daniel Cantor and Barbara Dudley
In Brexit’s Wake In Brexit’s Wake
A new book about Brexit captures the deeper crisis undergirding Britain’s bid to leave the EU.
Mar 21, 2017 / Books & the Arts / John Harris
Caught Between Modernity and Tradition Caught Between Modernity and Tradition
With sympathy and ruthlessness, U.R. Ananthamurthy’s novel Samskara gives shape to the mutinies that raged within mid-century India.
Mar 20, 2017 / Ratik Asokan
The Enduring Struggle The Enduring Struggle
Frederick Douglass’s radical vision of democratic politics.
Mar 14, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Karp
Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities
This is not about fiscal responsibility.
Mar 13, 2017 / NationAction
At Labor’s Crossroads At Labor’s Crossroads
Three new books about the SEIU reveal the challenges of organizing in 21st-century America.
Mar 8, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rich Yeselson
After a Century of American Citizenship, Puerto Ricans Have Little to Show for It After a Century of American Citizenship, Puerto Ricans Have Little to Show for It
Puerto Rico has never been more than a profit center for the US. Now an unelected board governs the island as a de facto collection agency for hedge funds and Wall Street speculato...
Mar 2, 2017 / Nelson Denis