How to Understand White Male Terrorism How to Understand White Male Terrorism
We’ve been here before, and we know that violent backlash is at its fiercest when movements for racial and gender justice are winning.
Nov 30, 2015 / Max Berger
CUNY Faculty Authorizes a Strike Vote CUNY Faculty Authorizes a Strike Vote
Half a decade after working without a contract or a pay raise, City University of New York faculty and staff have had enough.
Nov 30, 2015 / StudentNation / Carlos Ballesteros
Making the Paris Climate Talks Count Making the Paris Climate Talks Count
At the bottom of all the jargon that will be thrown about this week’s climate conference are human lives.
Nov 29, 2015 / Naomi Klein
Happiness and the Hidden Wealth of Nations Happiness and the Hidden Wealth of Nations
Two recent books show how challenging the fight against pernicious inequality remains.
Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk
The Other Side of Black Friday Price Tags The Other Side of Black Friday Price Tags
Throughout the Global South, underpaid workers face wage theft and injury to meet Western consumers' demands.
Nov 25, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Start Making Sense: Bernie Sanders’s Socialism Start Making Sense: Bernie Sanders’s Socialism
On this week’s podcast, Eric Foner on how Bernie should talk about socialism, Dave Zirin on parents and football, Ari Berman on the battle for the vote, and Julianne Hing on Republ...
Nov 25, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Thanksgiving Is Almost Here, and Over a Million New Yorkers Might Go Hungry Thanksgiving Is Almost Here, and Over a Million New Yorkers Might Go Hungry
The latest statistics on hunger in the city tells the proverbial Tale of Two Cities as a Tale of Two Pantries.
Nov 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Payday Lenders Keep Evading Their Regulators. Can Anyone Stop Them? Payday Lenders Keep Evading Their Regulators. Can Anyone Stop Them?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a plan, but it’s full of loopholes.
Nov 20, 2015 / Emanuel Nieves and David Newville
‘Bringing History to Bear’ ‘Bringing History to Bear’
Celebrating 150 years of dialogue and dissent.
Nov 19, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Can Democratic Socialism Pass the Electability Test? It Already Has Can Democratic Socialism Pass the Electability Test? It Already Has
Long before Bernie Sanders, socialists were winning elections—and debates about the direction of the United States.
Nov 19, 2015 / John Nichols