Trump’s trade Czar, the latest architect of imperial disaster
No matter how deeply flawed such geopolitical visions may ultimately prove to be, their brief moments as official policy have regularly shaped the destiny of nations and of empires in unpredictable, unplanned, and often dangerous ways.
More than a thousand arrested as Yellow Vests protests over economic frustration rage on...
Some 1,220 people were arrested in France on Saturday as more than a hundred thousand took to the streets – leading to a lockdown...
Referendum 2020: A Green New Deal vs. racist, classist climate genocide
This piece will offer why this stunning referendum would be so politically powerful and – despite that – so difficult to persuade Democrats to adopt.
Youth challenge 32 European nations in ‘truly historic’ climate trial
Lawyers representing six Portuguese young people said the youth were being discriminated against by state inaction in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the effects of which have been “foreseeable for decades.”
Third round of coronavirus relief checks led to largest monthly rise in household income...
The third round of coronavirus relief checks, which have been sent to 159 million households so far, were directly linked to an historic rise...
GOP state laws attacking trans kids’ rights are ‘unconstitutional’: DOJ
"These filings from the Department of Justice confirm what we have been telling legislatures all year: Banning trans youth from sports and denying trans youth health care violates the Constitution and federal law."
‘Infuriating’ report reveals ‘breathtaking cover-up’ of US airstrike that killed Syrian civilians
"The U.S. needs to leave Syria ASAP. Our military presence there makes us LESS safe!"
‘Big attack on working people:’ Trump moves to redefine poverty in order to slash...
"A novel way to take health care etc. away from people AND make it look like there are fewer poor people – change the formula."
The Georgia way: How to win elections
An oral history recounts the organizing that led to 2020’s historic presidential and senatorial victories in Georgia.
Legislators urge Biden to overhaul drone program
Fifty legislators recently sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting him to overhaul U.S. counterterrorism policy to center human rights and the protection of civilians.