Elizabeth Schulte Time to end the compromises on abortion The fact that the right wing steals the spotlight on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade speaks volumes about their strategy--and the weakness of our side.
Editorial Year of the renegades? Election 2016 is really just getting started, but it is already producing big surprises--in ways that are both frightening and exciting for the left.
Peter Lamphere Why is the UFT so undemocratic? Members of New York City's teachers' union will elect top officials this spring, but the outcome is tilted toward the status quo.
Phil Gasper The big short and the long con The Big Short is reaching a big audience with its story of the fraud and greed that led to the 2008 Wall Street meltdown.
Hui Xiamei Arrested in China for the “crime” of organizing Chinese authorities raided the offices of six labor NGOs in Guangdong and arrested 15 activists--four have now been charged.
Alex Kueny San Diego’s elite should be held accountable Some 40 activists gathered outside of the San Diego mayor's State of the City address to protest another police killing.
Laura Fair-Schulz and Axel Fair-Schulz Black Lives Matter in the North Country The upstate New York town of Potsdam isn't associated with social unrest, but the anti-racist struggle is changing that image.
Nicole Colson Where they think solidarity is a threat Wheaton College wants to fire Dr. Larycia Hawkins after she took a public stance in solidarity with Muslims--but she isn't going to go quietly.
Corey Oakley Is sectarianism the root cause of the chaos? As elsewhere, religious divisions in the Middle East aren't ancient or unchanging, but have social and political roots.
João Camargo Advances and contradictions for Portugal’s left A member of Portugal's Left Bloc looks at the record of a Socialist Party government formed with support from the radical left.
