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Stormzy: ‘In my diction, in my stance, in my attitude… this is Black British’
Stormzy: ‘In my diction, in my stance, in my attitude… this is Black British.’
By Gary Younge in GQ.
The Republicans Have Now Begun the Trolling Phase of the Impeachment Trial
The strategy will almost certainly help them win the impeachment battle—but may well sink them in the larger war.
By Elie Mystal in The Nation.
Automatic for the People
Are robots coming to take our jobs?
By Sarah Jaffe for Bookforum.
Selling the Green New Deal to Texas Unions
The AFL-CIO’s endorsement of Mike Siegel suggests a new way forward for environmentalists and labor.
By Kate Aronoff in The New Republic.
The Trump Team’s Legal Defense Was a Tour de Force of Hypocrisy
From Ken Starr to Alan Dershowitz, the president’s lawyers spewed illogical arguments that contradicted their own well-known positions.
By Elie Mystal in The Nation.
Are Kids Bad for the Planet?
The fraught decision to have children—or not—in an era of climate crisis.
By Kate Aronoff in The New Republic.
Trump’s Stealth Plan to Preserve White Electoral Power
The next front in the Republican war on voting rights: excluding millions from political representation.
By Ari Berman in Mother Jones.
Bernie Is Less Sexist Than American Voters
Even if you think a woman could be elected as president, you’d be a fool not to worry about it.
By Katha Pollitt in The Nation.
Carmelo Anthony Is Good at His Job
On Melo’s late-career resurgence with the Portland Trai–blazers.
By Mychal Denzel Smith in GQ.
We Need Sanders and Warren to Cooperate in the Primary
The real fight is for progressive power in the Democratic Party.
By Julian Brave NoiseCat in In These Times.
In These Bleak Times, Imagine a World Where You Can Thrive
As I write my last column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the life lessons my mother taught me.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
Trump Is Close to Committing a Massive War Crime in Afghanistan
President Trump’s reckless threats to escalate the Afghan War could lead to the killing of tens of millions of civilians.
By Nick Turse in The Nation.
The Global War of Error
No, that’s not a typo.
By Tom Engelhardt in TomDispatch.
After a String of Antisemitic Attacks, a Choice Confronts all Jews
A surge of antisemitism has left us wondering where we can turn, to induce the feeling that rather than exercising solidarity, we should turn inward.
By Sarah Jaffe in The Progressive.
Republicans Preach Fiscal Conservatism, Yet They Always Find Money for War
Costs only become an issue when it comes to programs that run counter to Republican policy priorities.
By Kate Aronoff in The Guardian.
The Decade Witchy Things Went Mainstream
Burning down capitalism, one incense stick at a time.
By Collier Meyerson in Slate.
The Army Of Prayer Warriors Fighting Trump’s Impeachment
As the Senate takes up his impeachment trial, white Christian evangelicals remain firmly in the president’s corner.
By Sarah Posner in HuffPost.
Accusing Bernie Sanders of Antisemitism Is a New Low
The allegations should be called for what they are: politiking in service of politicians who will put more Jews in danger.
By Kate Aronoff in The Guardian.
Even in Defeat, Labour Mobilized the New Working Class
The U.K. election demonstrated the urgent need for grassroots organizing.
By Sarah Jaffe in The Progressive.
Democrats Beware – the UK Election was Actually a Terrible Night for Centrists
The Labour party’s defeat has been taken as a warning not to stray too far left but the real story has a different lesson for 2020.
By Kate Aronoff in The Guardian.
Labour Won’t Win Again Until It Works Out Why It Lost
It’s not enough to blame Jeremy Corbyn, Brexit or the media.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
Donald Trump Is Attacking Both Jews and the Left with One Clean Blow
Anti-Semitism and anti-leftism share a violent and intimate history that is being revived under Donald Trump.
By Kate Aronoff in The Guardian.
House Votes to Restore the Voting Rights Act
After the Supreme Court gutted the landmark civil rights law, Democrats are fighting back.
By Ari Berman in Mother Jones.
From Johnson’s Lies to Corbyn’s Promises – This Election Is About Trust
Labour needs to start tying Johnson’s untrustworthiness to Brexit. And stop promising new things.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
Labour Activists Canvass in the Cold in Britain
The December 12 parliamentary election has brought out Labour’s secret weapon: organizers who have been working for years to end austerity and bring a new politics to the U.K.
By Sarah Jaffe in The American Prospect.
One City’s Struggle to Police the Police
Under Obama, Newark promised to reform its force. Is the Trump administration failing to follow up?
By Dax-Devlon Ross in The Washington Post Magazine.
When the Clinics Close
As Planned Parenthoods shutter in Ohio, reproductive rights and justice groups are fighting harder than ever.
By Dani McClain in The Nation.
What the U.K. Election Tells Us About Universal Health Care
Across the political spectrum, the British are clear: American-style health care is a terrible idea.
By Sarah Jaffe in The Progressive.
Fetal Personhood Is Maternal Punishment
When society values the life of a fetus over that of a living person, women pay the steepest price.
By Katha Pollitt in The Nation.
Streets on Fire
From Occupy Wall Street to Extinction Rebellion, this has been a combustible 10 years.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
The Evidence That Trump Concealed
The accumulating evidence of impeachable offenses by President Donald J. Trump is overwhelming.
By Joe Conason in The National Memo.
After a Decade of Decay, Labour’s Manifesto Offers Us Hope for the Future
The party has painted a picture of a greener, fairer society – and reminded us of the values that made Corbyn party leader.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
What’s Lost When Black Children Are Socialized Into a White World
I interviewed dozens of black mothers about how they help their kids navigate schools where they might be perceived as threats or made to feel unwelcome.
By Dani McClain in The Atlantic.
Nonprofit Workers Join the Movement to Unionize
Increasing numbers of people in mission- and passion-driven fields are waking up to the fact that they are, despite the trappings of middle-class-ness, still workers doing a job.
By Sarah Jaffe in Common Dreams.
Climate Change’s Great Lithium Problem
The crisis in Bolivia has an urgent message for environmental policy in the United States.
By Kate Aronoff in The New Republic.
The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing
Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize—and win.
By Sarah Jaffe in The Nation.
The View from Stevenage
In the first of a three-part series, Gary Younge returns to his home town to see how the bellwether constituency views the election.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
We Need a Green Bailout for the People
Here’s what the government should demand when the economy tumbles and Wall Street comes begging.
By Kate Aronoff in The Nation.
Things That Can Only Be Found in the Darkness on the Edge of Town
The queerness of Bruce Springsteen.
By Naomi Gordon-Loebl in The Nation.
VSCO Girls Are Just Banal Victorian Archetypes
The VSCO girls who rise to the top of my feed are a new version of an enduring image of piousness and demureness as the ultimate ambition.
By Collier Meyerson in Wired.
Down the Rabbit Hole With Donald Trump
On living a mixed metaphor.
By Tom Engelhardt in TomDispatch.
A Hunger Strike in ICE Detention
Ajay Kumar, an asylum seeker from India, went on a hunger strike to protest the “animal-like treatment” he faced in ice custody.
By Rozina Ali in The New Yorker.
Things Are Bleak!
Jonathan Safran Foer’s quest for planetary salvation.
By Kate Aronoff in The Nation.
All Organizing Is Magic
In this contribution to Verso’s Caliban and the Witch Roundtable, Sarah Jaffe finds echoes of witchcraft in contemporary anti-capitalism.
By Sarah Jaffe in the Verso blog.
A ‘No 10 Source’ Is the Voice of Power. Too Many Journalists Simply Parrot It
When the media uncritically repeats anonymous quotes, it becomes an enabler of the establishment it should challenge.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
Now House Republicans Hate The Rules They Made
Congressional Republicans don’t want to debate President Donald Trump’s attempt to extort political prosecutions of Americans from Ukraine.
By Joe Conason in The National Memo.
Inside the US Marshals’ Secretive, Deadly Detention Empire
They’re supposed to safeguard pretrial detainees. But America’s oldest law enforcement agency is suffering from a massive dereliction of duty.
By Seth Freed Wessler in Mother Jones.
How Chicago Teachers Built Power Between Strikes
It’s easy to glamorize the seeming spontaneity of a “strike wave” and miss the long processes of union organizing.
By Sarah Jaffe in The Progressive.
Donald Trump’s Sanity Is not the Question. The Real Issue Is how he Got Into Office
To reduce his presidency to a frail mind is to ignore the fact he’s an emblem of free-market, white supremacist nationalism.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
How This Pastor of a Megachurch Is Fueling Ebola Conspiracy Theories
Pastor Jules Mulindwa runs a rollicking Congolese megachurch complete with flashing lights and a live band.
By Nick Turse in Time.
A Mighty Voice: Elijah Cummings, 1951-2019
America lost a great leader with the passing of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD).
By Joe Conason in The National Memo.
American Brexit
It’s not just Britain headed for the subbasement of imperial history.
By Tom Engelhardt in TomDispatch.
At Its Best, Britain Can Rise to the Challenge of Racism. In the Case of Windrush, It Hasn’t
Oswald Dixon’s funeral showed this country’s capacity for solidarity. But the scandal of the hostile environment has still not been addressed.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
“Down the Rabbit Hole of America”: Katha Pollitt Talks with Susan Jane Gilman
Susan Jane Gilman is a storyteller with a lot to say.
By Katha Pollitt in Public Books.
How Abortion Pills Will Shape Our Future
The Supreme Court may make it harder to get to an abortion clinic, but thanks to drugs, coat hangers can remain a thing of the past.
By Katha Pollitt in The Nation.
The Forgotten Trauma of a Forgotten War
As the world looks away, death stalks the Democratic Republic of Congo.
By Nick Turse in TomDispatch.
The Return of the Strike
The picketing GM workers and impending Chicago Teachers Union action suggest a dramatic revival of striking as a tactic.
By Sarah Jaffe in The Progressive.
We need to Talk About Hunter Biden
The growing scandal around Ukraine shows a Biden nomination would be a big gamble – one Democrats would be foolish to make.
By Kate Aronoff in The Guardian.
Why Closing The Congo-Rwanda Border Could Spread Ebola
A chora chora is a resourceful man, a clever man, a man who can get things done.
By Nick Turse in The Intercept.
A Necessary Memoir About Sexual Assault
Chanel Miller’s account of her assault by Stanford swimmer Brock Turner questions the way we treat sexual assault—and sex itself.
By Katha Pollitt in The Nation.
UN Accuses US-Allied Forces of War Crimes in Syria
US generals are seemingly unaware of the allegations or whether they leveled Syrian villages.
By Nick Turse in The Nation.
Not Kidding
Transparent’s bizarre musical finale.
By Naomi Gordon-Loebl in The Nation.
Labour Conference Endorses Radical Policies Ahead of U.K. Elections
Labour’s best hope for victory in a general election, just as it was in 2017, is to get people talking about something besides Brexit.
By Sarah Jaffe in The American Prospect.
It’s Time for the Democratic Candidates to Talk About the Muslim Ban
Trump’s policy is no longer in the spotlight, but the ban on visitors from Muslim-majority countries is still separating American families.
By Rozina Ali in The American Prospect.
The Four-Day Work Week—Not Just a Daydream
The lessons of the shorter-hours movements of decades past are still deeply relevant, and are being revived for a gig-economy era of diminished opportunities for working people.
By Sarah Jaffe in The Progressive.
More U.S. Commandos are Fighting Invisible Wars in the Middle East
On average, more than 4,000 Special Operations forces are deployed to the region each week.
By Nick Turse in The Intercept.
Thunberg Is Right
Congress is ignoring science—and that includes Democrats.
By Kate Aronoff in The Guardian.
On the Precipice
The collective asteroid of human history.
By Tom Engelhardt in TomDispatch.
Greta Thunberg on the Climate Fight
“If we can save the banks, then we can save the world!”
By Naomi Klein in The Intercept.
British PM Johnson Loses Parliamentary Majority Amid Tory Rebellion
Boris Johnson suffered a historic defeat on Tuesday — a humiliation that no prime minister has suffered since 1894 — and watched his razor-thin majority evaporate.
By Joe Conason in the National Memo.
Almost Everything Bad That Trump Did This Summer
Need a crash course in reality? Here’s what you missed.
By Katha Pollitt in the Nation.
How Much Destruction Is Needed for Us to Take Climate Change Seriously?
Whether human civilization stays intact amid this worsening weather depends on recognizing our shared humanity — and designing policy accordingly.
By Kate Aronoff in the Guardian.
A Journey in Search of the American Left
The first in a five-day series where our writer gauges the mood of US progressives during a 10-day trip across the country.
By Gary Younge in the Guardian.
As the World Burns
Catastrophes in the Amazon and elsewhere are flash points for the larger, ongoing crisis that claims lives in less spectacular fashion.
By Sarah Jaffe in the Progressive.
The Kashmiri Narrative
For many Kashmiris, the media’s persistent focus on the India-Pakistan binary misses a key part of the story.
By Rozina Ali in the Columbia Journalism Review.
The Killing Never Ends
On a sunny July afternoon in 2010, I stood among a solemn crowd gathered in the intense California heat.
By Nick Turse in Jacobin.
It’s About Time for New York’s Child Victims Act
When it comes to extending the statute of limitations for survivors of abuse, late is better than never.
By Katha Pollitt in the Nation.
U.S. Military Named Secretive Base in Syria After “Game of Thrones” Bastion
Castle Black isn’t just a fictional fort in “Game of Thrones.” Last year, it was also a very real U.S. military base in Syria.
By Nick Turse in the Intercept.
Bernie Sanders’s Climate Plan Is More Radical Than His Opponents’ — and More Likely to Succeed
If you tried to design a program with the aim of offending the top brass of the world’s most powerful corporations, you’d get something like Bernie Sanders’s Green New Deal platform.
By Kate Aronoff in the Intercept.
Why the Democratic National Committee Must Change the Rules and Hold a Climate Debate
The DNC meeting in San Francisco this weekend takes place against a backdrop that is literally on fire.
By Naomi Klein in the Intercept.
Some Economists Say Carbon Taxes Are a Silver Bullet. The Reality Is More Complicated.
A carbon tax isn’t a bad idea, but by itself could be politically dangerous.
By Kate Aronoff in In These Times.
Is Donald Trump Big Brother?
Revisiting Orwell in the age of Trump.
By Tom Engelhardt in TomDispatch.
Bad Boss Trump, the Great Organizer
Working people at all levels are beginning to understand how their interests are not that different.
By Sarah Jaffe in the Progressive.
Puerto Rico’s Ouster of Its Governor Isn’t Just About One Administration’s Corruption
In the weeks after the eruption of protests in Puerto Rico, a majority of the news coverage focused on the scandal and corruption that encased Ricardo Rosselló.
By Collier Meyerson in the Intelligencer.
Remembering Toni Morrison
Four writers pay tribute to a great American novelist and groundbreaking intellect.
By Mychal Denzel Smith and others in the New Republic.
How Science Got Trampled in the Rush to Drill in the Arctic
The Trump administration is prying open an environmental ‘jewel’ for oil and gas exploration: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alaska.
By Adam Federman in Politico.
For Democrats, Mueller Isn’t The Problem
Robert Mueller’s testimony disappointed anyone seeking drama, but his performance isn’t the problem.
By Joe Conason in the National Memo.
As Puerto Rico Erupts in Protests and Governor Resigns, “La Junta” Eyes More Power
Ricardo Rosselló announced his resignation July 24 amid massive protests on the island and around the world.
By Kate Aronoff in the Intercept.
America’s Red Scare Is Back, With a Racist Tinge
Condemnation of Democratic congresswomen is xenophobic, dangerous and flat-out false.
By Kate Aronoff in the Guardian.
How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
Pushes to “recycle” plastics are one element of a massive, industry-led effort to suppress meaningful efforts to reduce plastic waste.
By Sharon Lerner in the Intercept.
Farewell, Theresa May. Your Best was Far from Good Enough
Her shortcomings are many and failures in office self-evident. Her successor is likely to be worse – but she deserves no pity.
By Gary Younge in the Guardian.
The Real Trouble with Ilhan Omar
While others on the left waffle on questions of imperial power and foreign relations, the freshman Democrat takes on American hegemony.
By Sarah Jaffe in the Progressive.
A Landmark Bill Will Change the Way Doulas Do Business in New York
Last month a bill quietly passed through the New York State Legislature that puts birth workers, commonly known as doulas, on a path to becoming professionalized in the eyes of the state.
By Collier Meyerson in the Intelligencer.
Planet of the Surreal
Living on a demobilized planet.
By Tom Engelhardt in TomDispatch.
House Votes to Hold Top Trump Officials in Criminal Contempt for Withholding Census Documents
Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross could now be subject to a court order or even prosecution.
By Ari Berman in Mother Jones.
To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets!
The Trump administration gets more malicious, harmful, and absurd every day. So why aren’t many of us outside protesting?
By Katha Pollitt in the Nation.
Neoliberal Pundits Want to Write Off Bernie Sanders Again
The same media outlets that failed to predict Trump are pushing their status quo-friendly narrative on the Democratic race.
By Kate Aronoff in the Guardian.
Trump Administration Shockingly Revives Push for Census Citizenship Question
The administration reversed positions days after it said census forms would be printed without the citizenship question.
By Ari Berman in Mother Jones.
Britain Is Run by A Self-Serving Clique
Government and culture are dominated by the same narrow section of the population. It’s no way to run a country.
By Gary Younge in the Guardian.
The PowerPoint That Got A Climate Scientist Disinvited From A Shell Conference
The first three slides of climate scientist Peter Kalmus’s plenary speech to Shell’s Powering Progress Together conference were intended to gauge audience reactions.
By Kate Aronoff in the Intercept.
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