Inequality

Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’

Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’ Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’

Investing in women and girls does much more to keep us safe and promote peace than does spending even greater amounts on weapons designed to cause mass devastation.

Feb 28, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Texas voter ID

Trump’s Justice Department Is No Longer Opposing Texas’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Trump’s Justice Department Is No Longer Opposing Texas’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law

Jeff Sessions reverses the Obama administration’s position in a crucial voting-rights case.

Feb 27, 2017 / Ari Berman

trump south carolina

Trump’s Ascent Was Possible Only in an America Already Run by Billionaires Trump’s Ascent Was Possible Only in an America Already Run by Billionaires

We were living in a 1 percent society long before we elected a billionaire for president.

Feb 27, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

McDonald's Minimum Wage Protest

Demand That Congress and State Lawmakers Reject So-Called ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws Demand That Congress and State Lawmakers Reject So-Called ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws

With Republicans in control of Congress, the White House, and 32 statehouses across the country, organizers are hard at work beating back so-called “right-to-work” laws.

Feb 27, 2017 / NationAction

Tom Perez DNC

Tom Perez Will Be a Strong Fighter for Civil Rights Tom Perez Will Be a Strong Fighter for Civil Rights

The new DNC chair opposed voter-ID laws, investigated police misconduct, and protected workers’ rights.

Feb 27, 2017 / Ari Berman

Planned Parenthood Funding Cut

We Can Fight Trump’s Cuts to Essential Government Programs We Can Fight Trump’s Cuts to Essential Government Programs

His budget agenda has everything do with right-wing ideology and nothing to do with fiscal responsibility.

Feb 24, 2017 / William D. Hartung

Citizens of Stoke-on-Trent campaigning for UKIP

The Most Important Post-Brexit Election Is Taking Place in This Small City The Most Important Post-Brexit Election Is Taking Place in This Small City

Tomorrow, voters may elect a second UKIP member to Parliament.

Feb 22, 2017 / Maria Margaronis

Socialism’s Return

Socialism’s Return Socialism’s Return

After more than a half-century in the wilderness, the socialist left reemerges in America.

Feb 21, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Iber

Forget the Musical—Alexander Hamilton’s Real Legacy Is the Poverty-Stricken City He Founded

Forget the Musical—Alexander Hamilton’s Real Legacy Is the Poverty-Stricken City He Founded Forget the Musical—Alexander Hamilton’s Real Legacy Is the Poverty-Stricken City He Founded

So why are the leaders of Paterson, NJ,  so eager to capitalize on his memory?

Feb 21, 2017 / Feature / Richard Kreitner

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Defending Our Borders From Hell-Demons From Another Dimension Defending Our Borders From Hell-Demons From Another Dimension

“Only Trump can make Americans safe again!”

Feb 21, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

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