Political Ideologies

A storm in the Angeles National Forest looks like clouds on fire.

Against Climate Optimism—Because “Team Normal” Won’t Save the World Against Climate Optimism—Because “Team Normal” Won’t Save the World

Some of us refuse to go along with a mainstream climate movement that settles for genocide.

Dec 19, 2022 / Wen Stephenson

Keith Ellison

What Democrats Can Learn From Keith Ellison’s Reelection What Democrats Can Learn From Keith Ellison’s Reelection

If the Democratic Party hopes to fend off future Republican challenges to vulnerable incumbents, they could draw on Ellison’s playbook.

Dec 19, 2022 / StudentNation / Theia Chatelle

The MAGA Congress—and Its New BFFs (Best Fascist Friends)

The MAGA Congress—and Its New BFFs (Best Fascist Friends) The MAGA Congress—and Its New BFFs (Best Fascist Friends)

No signs of moderation at the recent New York gala of the Republican far right.

Dec 16, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Senator Josh Hawley, Republican from Missouri, holding a pencil.

One-and-a-Half Cheers for Comrade Josh Hawley One-and-a-Half Cheers for Comrade Josh Hawley

The Missouri Republican’s attack on Biden and corporate Democrats for stopping railway workers from striking was on-target. But if he really wants to get on the workers’ side of hi...

Dec 16, 2022 / Ben Burgis

Proud Boys Protest

Drag Queens Were Targeted by the Proud Boys. Whom Did the Police Support? Drag Queens Were Targeted by the Proud Boys. Whom Did the Police Support?

Telegram messages from the Columbus Proud Boys suggest that defenders of the extremist hate group exist within the local police department.

Dec 16, 2022 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope

The Recount That Could Decide the Fate of Abortion Rights in Arizona

The Recount That Could Decide the Fate of Abortion Rights in Arizona The Recount That Could Decide the Fate of Abortion Rights in Arizona

Arizona’s attorney general race, between a pro-choice Democrat and an anti-choice Republican, has come down to 510 votes.

Dec 14, 2022 / John Nichols

Gitmo

Will Biden Shut Down Guantánamo? Will Biden Shut Down Guantánamo?

After 7,627 nightmarish days of torture, cruel treatment, legal limbo, and injustice, it’s time for Biden to make good on his word: Shut it down. 

Dec 14, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg

McDonald’s workers striking against sexual harassment

California Workers Are Standing Up to the Fast-Food Industry’s Attacks on Their Rights California Workers Are Standing Up to the Fast-Food Industry’s Attacks on Their Rights

A decade-long organizing fight shows its power.

Dec 12, 2022 / Michael Tubbs

Trumpism Was Born in the ’90s

Trumpism Was Born in the ’90s Trumpism Was Born in the ’90s

Clintonian centrism allowed the radical right to incubate.

Dec 12, 2022 / Feature / Jeet Heer

A protester at the 1999 World Trade Organization demon

How the Left Was Lost in the 1990s—but Found Its Way Again How the Left Was Lost in the 1990s—but Found Its Way Again

In the 1990s, the left was embattled and diminished. But it kept the flame burning just enough for a new generation to come along and give it oxygen.

Dec 12, 2022 / Feature / Naomi Klein

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