Carlos Enriquez Chicago teachers answer back Threatened with layoffs and a unilateral pay cut, the Chicago Teachers Union organized a big protest to show that it won't be bullied.
Amien Essif A false debate on homelessness in New York Homelessness is inevitable in a system built on making some people fantastically wealthy and others desperately poor.
Samuel Falcone-Coffin Columbia activists are united behind BDS Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace chapters at Columbia University have launching a new campaign.
Nicole Colson Europe’s rising tide of refugee scapegoating As more migrants flee to Europe, EU leaders are erecting legal and physical hurdles--and the right wing is spreading its anti-immigrant hate.
Tom Bramble The economic crisis and political polarization Almost a decade after the Great Recession, the world economy remains in a weakened state, and that has fed political instability.
Nolan Rampy What happened to Rey? The exclusion of the main character of the new Star Wars movie from merchandise aimed at kids wasn't an accident.
Dave Zirin Super Bowl City meets Tent City The city that hosted the Super Bowl is in the midst of a stunning real estate boom—while the number of homeless jumps to new highs.
Obrero Socialista Trump y la clase obrera blanca El autor de Los Demócratas: Una Historia Crítica, desenmaraña el mito mediático sobre el supuesto conservatismo de la clase obrera blanca.
Elizabeth Schulte Scaremongering for the health care status quo The Clinton campaign is trying to smear Bernie Sanders for endorsing single-payer health care--and defending the disastrous Obamacare system.
Rebekah Ward and Nicole Colson Making the Zika threat worse The explosion in Zika cases in South America speaks to the rotten core of a system that puts profit above human needs.
