We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Halt to Youth Climate Lawsuit Inspires Nationwide Resistance
The 21 youth plaintiffs of the case Juliana v. United States have been joined by thousands across the country to “keep our government accountable for the effects of climate change.”
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Missouri Shows Why Healthcare Plays A Major Role In Next Week's Elections
Recent polling in Missouri – where Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is fighting to defend her seat – shows healthcare is at the top of the list of issues that voters care about.
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America’s Homelessness Crisis Is Deepening
More than half a million people in the United States are homeless on any given night, and with housing prices rising and wages stagnant, the problem will only keep getting worse.
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No More Crime and Punishment: The National Prison Strike of 2018, Part II
Perhaps the biggest problem to tackle in the criminal justice system is why so many people have been incarcerated to begin with.
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Rising Antisemitism Worldwide Boils Over at Pittsburgh Synagogue
The deadliest assault on Jews in U.S. history follows a 57% increase in antisemitic incidents in 2017.
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The Rule of the Uber-Rich Means Tyranny or Revolution
I lived among the wealthiest Americans. They knew only how to take. They could not give. They were deformed and deeply unhappy people in the grip of an unquenchable narcissism.
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Left-Wing Groups Were Spied on For Decades by U.K. Police
New evidence reveals police in the U.K. were deployed to spy on small left-wing political parties and groups for a period spanning almost four decades.
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What’s Missing from Bernie Sanders’s ‘Progressive International’
To challenge fascists and weak-tea liberals, Sanders has called for a Progressive International… but it's not very international.
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Election Rigging and the Decline of American Democracy
Formally democratic institutions can be severely weakened by those willing, even eager, to betray democratic principles in order to maintain power.
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Tech Firms Make Millions from Trump's Anti-immigrant Agenda, report finds
Corporations including Amazon, Palantir and Microsoft are raking in money from U.S. immigration enforcement by providing tools that aid surveillance, detention and deportation.
