Jeremy Corbyn, too ‘frail’ to be UK prime minister?
In an election filled with mud-slinging (most of it coming from one side of the political spectrum), one of the most despicable...
U.S. is a classic empire and is becoming a repressive police state at home
As I set out to fly home from the UK on Monday following a short film project in Cambridge, I found my...
Trump nationalism has nothing to do with patriotism
Let us reject Trump’s notion of how to celebrate America — not with tanks and missiles that glorify war, not with a...
Florida wants to make ex-felons pay to vote
"They cannot legally affix a price tag to someone's right to vote."
‘Time to turn up the heat’: Sunrise movement unveils 7-week organizing plan to force...
With the DNC set to vote next month on whether to host a 2020 presidential debate focused specifically on the climate crisis, the youth-led...
Four takeaways from the Supreme Court’s census citizenship question ruling
A divided Supreme Court ruled last week that the Commerce Department’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census violated...
Replace patent monopolies with direct public funding for drug research
It is impressive to see many of the leading Democratic candidates put forward bold progressive proposals. Unfortunately, in the case of prescription...
Democrats, this isn’t politics as usual
Imagine an opposition political party in a land being taken over by an oligarchy, headed by a would-be tyrant.
Congress loves socialized health care — for itself
For $3.5 trillion a year, shouldn’t we Americans have a world-class health care system? Yet while we spend the most of any advanced nation...
Florida makes the restoration of voting rights contingent on criminal debt payments
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a measure approved by state lawmakers that makes the restoration of voting rights for people convicted of felonies contingent...