US Politics
Biden’s Trap
With razor-thin margins of Democratic control in Congress, US President Joe Biden came to the White House with an unenviable task. His administration must...
Big Pharma’s Dems Score Ad Blitz
A front group for Big Pharma is running ads backing the House Democrats who are trying to gut the party’s plan to cut drug...
The removal of Jefferson’s statue. A shame for America and the...
The removal of Jefferson’s statue is a gift to the political right
By Tom Mackaman
19 October 2021
New York City will remove from City Hall a...
A Florida Anarchist Will Spend Years in Prison for Online Posts...
Daniel Baker’s calls for armed defense against possible far-right attacks led to a much harsher sentence than that facing most insurrectionists
By Natasha Lennard
October 16...
Addicted to Military Keynesianism: Why Can’t Even Our Most Progressive Politicians...
By Joan Roelofs
October 4, 2021
Photo: www.baesystems.com
Over the Mountains and Under the Radar: The Military-Industrial Complex in New Hampshire
New Hampshire, like many other states, is...
The Strike Wave Is a Big Flashing Sign That We Need...
If you want more strikes, make more union members
By Hamilton Nolan
October 14, 2021
Ten thousand John Deere workers went on strike today. Sixty thousand...
“People vs. Fossil Fuels”: Over 530 Arrested in Historic Indigenous-Led Climate...
October 15, 2021
This week over 530 climate activists were arrested during Indigenous-led civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., calling on President Joe Biden to...
Trump, flanked by Republican officials, delivers fascist screed at Iowa State...
By Jacob Crosse
10 October 2021
Nine months after his January 6 coup attempt, former president Donald Trump, flanked by leading Republican Party officials, delivered a nearly...
Life can be different: 10 years ago, Occupy Wall Street changed...
The movement launched a generation of leftist activists –and gave them a vision of real change
by Rebecca Nathanson
15 Sep 2021
I sprinted down Seventh Avenue,...
The Most Confounding Part of Bob Woodward’s New Trump Book Is...
It’s heavy on scoops and light on analysis.
By Fred Kaplan
Sept 21, 2021
September is the month of renewed beginnings: the autumn equinox, the start...