Social Justice

Striking teachers hold a rally outside City Hall in Oakland, Calif.

The California Teachers’ Strikes Have a Vital Lesson for the Labor Movement The California Teachers’ Strikes Have a Vital Lesson for the Labor Movement

These educators won big—and showed how to use a strike to better society as a whole.

May 19, 2023 / Cecily Myart-Cruz

Heather Booth, founding director of the Midwest Academy

The Midwest Academy Is Still Training the Organizers Who Make Another World Possible The Midwest Academy Is Still Training the Organizers Who Make Another World Possible

Fifty years after its founding, the organization keeps, in the words of Bernie Sanders, doing “exactly what needs to be done in the country.”

May 19, 2023 / John Nichols

Biden and McCarthy

More “Dangerous Nonsense” From “The New York Times” on the Debt Ceiling More “Dangerous Nonsense” From “The New York Times” on the Debt Ceiling

There are multiple legal pathways to resolve the current debt “crisis.” Having the president and House speaker agree on spending cuts to programs already approved by Congress is no...

May 18, 2023 / James K. Galbraith

Cherelle Parker speaks at a podium

Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Will Almost Certainly Be a Black Woman Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Will Almost Certainly Be a Black Woman

Yet, for all her claims to history, primary winner Cherelle Parker was the status quo candidate in a city where the status quo is badly broken.

May 18, 2023 / Gene Seymour

Demonstrators shout slogans and hold placards during a protest at the Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minn., on December 14, 2018

Minnesota Enacts Landmark Protections for Amazon Warehouse Workers Minnesota Enacts Landmark Protections for Amazon Warehouse Workers

Passed over strenuous opposition from the company, the new law is the fruit of a long campaign by Amazon workers and the local community.

May 17, 2023 / Abdirahman Muse, Emma Greenman, and Erin Murphy

Chuck D and Rosa Clemente.

After 50 Years, What’s Left for Hip Hop to Teach? After 50 Years, What’s Left for Hip Hop to Teach?

Chuck D and Rosa Clemente discuss the past and future of music and politics.

May 17, 2023 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

A. Phillip Randolph speaks

When Racial Justice Meant Universal Social Benefits When Racial Justice Meant Universal Social Benefits

The left used to believe that reducing inequality across the board was the best way to combat racial injustice. What happened?

May 17, 2023 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks to a crowd

Turkish Election Aftershock: Despite Unity on the Left, the Opposition Falls Short Turkish Election Aftershock: Despite Unity on the Left, the Opposition Falls Short

Defying predictions of his political demise, the country's authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan came first on Sunday and is now favored to win reelection in the runoff on M...

May 16, 2023 / Kaya Genç

Local activists and students participate in a Strike for Climate march on March 3, 2023, in New York

Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba on Their New Handbook for Radical Organizing Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba on Their New Handbook for Radical Organizing

Let This Radicalize You: ​​Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care offers fresh insights for youth activists coming into their own.

May 16, 2023 / Q&A / Sarah Baum

Palestinian kids hold keys in their hands to mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba

100 Years of Palestinian Popular Resistance 100 Years of Palestinian Popular Resistance

Even among many sympathetic partisans of the Palestinian struggle, a narrative of victimhood prevails. But how we regard our past and present is a choice.

May 15, 2023 / Nasreen Abd Elal

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