The last few years have seen unprecedented mobilization of mass outrage against the most blatantly racist aspects of US policing. But we can’t confront police abuses without addressing their role in our society as managers of an unequal class status quo. Policing has...
Actor B. J. Novak’s impressive directorial debut, Vengeance, sends a Brooklyn writer out to West Texas in order to turn a family’s grief into a podcast. It's a satire that nails our era like no other. Still of B. J. Novak and Ashton Kutcher in Vengence. (Focus...
To stop the worst of climate change, we have to choose: Are we going to save the planet or are we going to continue making fossil fuel companies happy? It's impossible to do both. If ExxonMobil is celebrating climate legislation, it’s a bad sign. (DANIEL LEAL / AFP...
For politicians and the media, the big question seems to be, are we technically in a recession or not? For the millions of people struggling, the question is: What’s the difference? People shop at a grocery supermarket in Alhambra, California, on July 13, 2022....
J.B. Pritzker is a billionaire mainstream Democrat who hasn’t even signed on to Medicare for All. But the Illinois governor has captured the imaginations of some progressives simply by doing what most Democrats won’t or can’t: running on popular ideas and following...
The world’s richest man is a South African mining heir with a mile-long string of failed promises to fix the United States’ traffic problems — underground tunnels to thin out the roads, electric vehicles to cut emissions, autonomous driving to free up commute time....
Labor’s climate bill is little more than symbolism. With escalating climate disasters and soaring inflation, it’s bad policy and even worse politics. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese looks on during Question Time at Parliament House, July 28, 2022. (Martin...
For a few days in July 1877, workers took over St Louis and a communist party ruled the Midwestern city. The often forgotten St Louis Commune was a landmark event that showed the US isn't immune to Paris Commune–style eruptions of class consciousness. US Marshals...
Tabitha Arnold is a socialist textile artist whose work focuses on working-class organizing. In an interview, she discusses her work, how art is warped by wealthy patrons’ dictates, and why artists shouldn’t confuse their art with political organizing. A section of...
In a global economy defined by overproduction and underconsumption, American and Chinese corporations are struggling to extract profits from developing nations. Without massive wealth redistribution, consumption won’t return to stable levels. The United States and...
Both labor and the reproductive rights movements are fighting for the same thing: the right to control our own lives. Abortion rights advocates demonstrate outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, May 18, 2022. (Bonnie Cash / Getty Images) Abortion: it’s a topic...
China did not develop capitalism during the 18th century, despite having a market economy as strong as Britain’s. The raw material for China’s 20th-century capitalist takeoff came from an unlikely figure: Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong (1893–1976). (Universal Images Group via...