In a country with little left-wing politics, Panama’s nearly two-month-long strike movement has shown the power of organized labor. The government has responded with repression, acting as a rearguard for multinationals like Chiquita. Workers take part in a protest...
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has broken ranks with other NATO leaders as he refused to commit to spending 5 percent of GDP on defense. It’s a welcome move, and a rare voice of dissent from Europe’s rush to remilitarize. Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez...
Lawmakers have inserted a line into Donald Trump’s new budget bill that would reward Wall Street firms with billions of dollars in new tax breaks when they load up companies with debt and proceed with pay cuts, factory closures, and layoffs. President Donald Trump...
A small but obscenely wealthy faction of New Yorkers are threatening to leave the city if Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist candidate for mayor, wins the race. Mamdani should respond by calling for an exit tax on the rich. Zohran Mamdani speaks to pedestrians...
Donald Trump’s secretary of energy, Chris Wright, has repeatedly claimed that he has past experience working in the solar energy sector. But there’s no evidence that Wright ever studied, invested in, or worked in solar. President Donald Trump holds an executive orders...
New York City is often thought of as a stronghold of organized labor. But the city’s unions look worryingly passive as their strength erodes. Union members and allies hold a protest outside the US Department of Labor Building. (Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty...
This week, Mo Chara, a member of the Irish language rap group Kneecap, stood trial on charges of terrorism. Rather than making an example of the musician, the fiasco exposed the deeply illiberal nature of Britain’s political class. Mo Chara leaving Westminster...
The Big Data firm Palantir spent years developing lethal military tech. Now it’s leading a transformation in Silicon Valley, with tech giants abandoning their progressive posturing to join the battle for American military supremacy. Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir...
Last weekend’s massive “No Kings” rallies proved Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity. But Trump should be opposed as a symptom of America’s vast warmongering, oligarchic elite, not a simply a grotesque anomaly. Demonstrators take part in a protest against the Trump...
Polling shows Americans are ready to support independent populists running on economic platforms. But what they don’t want is anything associated with the Democratic Party’s brand. Voters make selections at their voting booths inside an early voting site. (Melissa Sue...
In an era when unions routinely endorse candidates beholden to the bosses, Zohran Mamdani’s inroads with organized labor are a significant step forward. And in an exceedingly tight race, they could be a deciding factor. New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani...
Donald Trump built his ascent on public hatred for George W. Bush’s forever wars. As he lies his way into a war with Iran, he’s poised to take up Bush’s legacy as his own. President Donald Trump talking to the media at the White House on June 15, 2025, in Washington,...