Interview: Yoel Haile UC must divest from private prisons A member of the Afrikan Black Coalition in California explains how the group is building on its prison divestment campaign.
Ashley Smith How was Syria turned into hell on earth? The conflict between rival regional and imperial powers has played out in Syria against the backdrop of the regime's war on a popular uprising.
Leela Yellesetty and Chris Mobley Executed by the Seattle Police Department The murder of Che Taylor casts a harsh new light on a police department that is supposed to be the poster child for reform.
Tim Adams Thrown out by gentrification Dozens of low-income, elderly residents were evicted from their homes in Columbus, Ohio, with little warning and no explanation.
Liam Manjon Calling the cops for library overdue fines A Wisconsin bill allowing libraries to use the police and collection agencies to collect late fees will target minorities and women.
Readers’ View The left’s false logic on Syria Many on the left are concluding that Russia and Iran, since the U.S. opposes them, must be the "good guys" in Syria. They're wrong.
Nicole Colson Obama’s pretend plan to close Guantánamo Barack Obama is ending his second term where he began his first--with a promise to close the Guantánamo prison camp that won't be kept.
brian bean and Todd Chretien Socialists and “the Bern” Sanders' success has prompted a debate on the left about an old question: Should socialists work inside the Democratic Party?
Charles-André Udry and Antonis Davanellos What’s ahead after the general strike? Greece's general strike in early February revealed new opportunities for the left to challenge Tsipras' government of austerity.
Scott McLemee A house of the dead The victims of solitary confinement are damned--not to lakes of fire, but to psychic torture so continuous that it seems eternal.
