US Politics
As a socialist, here’s why BLM and ‘Defund The Police’ do...
By Dakotah Lilly*
17 Jan, 2022
'Black Lives Matters’ signature call to decrease spending on the police is doing those of us on the left a...
Trump draft executive order called for military to seize ballots and...
By Jacob Crosse
Jan 22, 2021
On Friday, Politico published the draft of an executive order drawn up for Donald Trump, dated December 16, 2020, which...
Letter to President Biden
January 8, 2022
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear President Biden,
On behalf of the fifteen...
The True History Behind ‘The Plot Against America’
Philip Roth’s classic novel, newly adapted by HBO, envisions a world in which Charles Lindbergh wins the 1940 presidential election
By Meilan Solly
Associate Editor, History
March 16,...
Dr. King’s 1967 anti-war speech wasn’t popular, but it was prescient
He knew that if not resisted, ‘adventures like Vietnam’ would continue to eat away at American society.
by William Hartung
January 17, 2022
Today’s anniversary of the...
The Time Is Now for the “Radical Revolution of Values” That...
By Austin C. McCoy,
January 17, 2022
In the early weeks of the pandemic, novelist and activist Arundhati Roy brilliantly laid out the stakes of one of...
Meet the Biden war budget, same as the Trump war budget
Turns out the new administration had neither the interest or fortitude to oppose the usual suspects, passing a $777B bill this week.
by Andrew Lautz
December...
1 in 3 Americans now ‘alarmed’ by climate change. Why aren’t...
Jan. 13, 2022
New results from a long-running public opinion survey show that about 1 in 3 Americans is now “alarmed” by global warming. Is...
House Republicans Urge Biden Administration to Stop Iran Talks
Biden will come under intense political pressure if he decides to give enough sanctions relief to revive the deal
Posted on January 12, 2022Categories
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After years of setbacks, US labor demonstrates its power
2021 marked a historic year in labor organizing for workers in the US, with tens of thousands of workers in partaking in union votes...