Robert Reich: We’re Living Under the Cruelest Form of Capitalism in the World Post date November 9, 2021
Public Money is Pouring Into Broadband Expansion. Will It Go Where It’s Needed Most? Post date November 1, 2021
Joe Manchin Is the One with an “Entitlement Mentality” – By refusing to support a massively popular social spending plan, Manchin is showing just how out of step he is with the American public and his own voters—like a modern day Marie Antoinette. Post date October 21, 2021
She’s a 64-Year-Old Taxi Driver Drowning in Medallion Debt—And She’s Fighting Back – Dorothy LeConte is part of a movement of taxi drivers demanding that the city of New York relieve their financial anguish. Post date October 19, 2021
How Workers at Beverage Giant Refresco Defeated a “Notorious” Union Buster – Refresco has waged a prolonged and costly fight to stop the workers from unionizing. Post date October 19, 2021
Teamster Insurgents Could Win Their Union Election – They’re planning for what comes after. Post date October 14, 2021
An Upstream Paddle To Save the Salmon – As salmon swim toward extinction, northwest tribes and environmental activists continue a decades-long battle to restore the Snake River. Post date September 30, 2021
Rural Areas Struggle to Compete for Nurses as They Face Dire Shortages – Covid has overwhelmed hospitals, prompting many overburdened nurses to change careers or retire early. The shortages have hit rural areas particularly hard. Post date September 24, 2021
For Many, the Pandemic Was a Wakeup Call About Exploitative Work – The unemployment expansion showed us what work could be like if it was freely chosen. Post date September 24, 2021
The Filibuster Is Now the Only Thing Standing In the Way of Voting Rights – The new Freedom to Vote Act is backed by the entire Democratic caucus. But with full Republican opposition, passing it will require changing or abolishing the filibuster. Post date September 16, 2021
9/11 and the Illusion of War Without Casualties – Twenty years ago, Naomi Klein wrote that 9/11 shattered Americans’ “illusion of war without casualties.” Now, after combat troops have been pulled out of Afghanistan, is it really “game over”? Post date September 9, 2021
The War on Terror Gave Us Donald Trump – In an interview, Reign of Terror author Spencer Ackerman explains how the brutal legacy of America’s post-9/11 wars has reshaped U.S. society and led to our era of authoritarian demagoguery. Post date September 9, 2021
Texas Is Just the Start: Other Republican States Are Plotting Attacks on Abortion Rights – Republican lawmakers in Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, and other states have expressed interest in turning private citizens into deputized vigilantes to halt women’s reproductive freedoms. Post date September 7, 2021
What Our Cultural Elites Can’t Understand About Justice – The obvious solution to the “cancel culture” panic is the one that they just can’t bear. Post date September 1, 2021
Progressives Now Hold the Cards in Congress – The budget standoff revealed a new power balance in the Democratic Party. Post date August 26, 2021
Billionaires Can Choose: Either Pitchforks, or More Taxes – The super-rich have made a killing off of the pandemic. It’s time to tax the hell out of them to pay for programs that serve the working class. Post date August 26, 2021
Education Shouldn’t Be A Debt Sentence – My debt is symptomatic of capitalism. It should be canceled. Post date August 26, 2021
Workers of Color at Major Electric Bus Company Allege Widespread Racism on the Job – Employees of New Flyer in California and Alabama say they have faced years of discrimination. Post date August 18, 2021
How Domestic Elites and Foreign Meddling Undermine Haitian Democracy – To understand the rise and fall of Jovenel Moïse, we must understand the forces that propped him up. Post date August 18, 2021
In the Coal Mines, Workers Are Dying to Make a Living – Mining companies increasingly rely on cheaper contractors who face longer hours and higher risk of accidents. Post date August 18, 2021
When the Plant Closed, These Workers Were Left Behind – The shuttering of the Mylan pharmaceutical plant in Morgantown, West Virginia left more than 1,400 people out of work. Post date August 17, 2021
“One Day Longer”: A Miners’ Strike Fed By Solidarity – Meet the coal miners who have been on strike for more than five months. Post date August 16, 2021
The Democrats Are Finger-Wagging Over the IPCC Report. They Should Look To Themselves. – Condemnations of climate change won’t save us—we need firm action to stop the fossil fuel industry. Post date August 10, 2021
Tenants Aren’t Waiting for the Biden Admin to Save Them – Here’s how tenant organizers are mobilizing locally to stem the housing crisis. Post date August 5, 2021
At a Massive Union Rally, the Promise of a Better South – Striking mine workers in Alabama bring together the whole wide world. Post date August 5, 2021
Letter From the Year 2071 – A vision of where the Black freedom movement could take us. Post date July 15, 2021