In spring 2023, Nicola Sturgeon resigned as first minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Two and a half years later, she has resurfaced as a writer, with a political memoir titled Frankly. Unfortunately, Sturgeon isn’t very good at...
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DC Deserves Statehood
Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington’s police force this week is adding insult to the injury of the United States’ long denial of equal political standing to the capital’s residents. Washington, DC, Metro Police officers and FBI agents walk down Florida Ave between...
The CIA Trained Fulgencio Batista’s Torturers in Cuba
Fulgencio Batista’s Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities had a blood-spattered record of torture and political killings before the 1959 revolution. Declassified files show how the CIA nurtured the bureau and its repressive techniques. Cuban dictator...
Socialist Kelsea Bond Is Running for Atlanta City Council
Across the country, democratic socialists are continuing to build their presence in municipal government. Kelsea Bond is hoping to become the first socialist on Atlanta’s city council. Candidate for Atlanta City Council Kelsea Bond (M) pledges to raise the standard of...
What Trump’s Decertification of Federal Employee Unions Means
The Trump administration moved ahead last week with its plans to void the collective bargaining agreements covering hundreds of thousands of federal workers. The labor movement appears largely quiescent in the face of this historic union busting. The Trump...
Britain’s Fabricated Migrant Crisis
Though small-boat crossings account for a tiny and shrinking share of UK immigration, the Labour Party has made them a central issue, all the while ignoring deeper crises like the slow erosion of the country’s National Health Service. The UK Labour Party is...
The State of New York Has to Tax the Rich
New York City can’t fund many of the robust social programs that Zohran Mamdani has promised in his mayoral run without taxing the rich. And that taxation has to be done at the state level — against a governor who has so far refused to entertain it. If Zohran Mamdani...
Heat Kills. Trump Has Ensured There Will Be More Victims.
We should be slashing emissions and climate-proofing our cities. Instead, Republicans are turning up the carbon spew and stripping away heat protections — effectively condemning the poor to die under rising temperatures. A worker delivers Amazon packages in New York...
How War Became Israel’s New Normal
It is a mistake to think that Benjamin Netanyahu is solely responsible for Israel’s genocide or that removing him would bring it to an end. To win support for war, he has mobilized large swathes of Israeli society, from liberals to the far right. The genocide may not...
Trump’s EPA Hid Risks at the Steel Plant That Just Exploded
The US Steel plant where two workers were killed and ten injured in an explosion on Monday had a history of chemical accidents. It was one of hundreds of chemical facilities whose risks were hidden from the public after lobbying by the chemical industry. President...
Weapons Is a Generational Warfare Tale of Terror
Zach Cregger’s Weapons is high-concept horror about the disappearance of a classroom of schoolkids. Once again, an innovative horror film has turned our age of anxiety into box office gold. Julia Garner stars as Justine Gandy in Weapons. (Warner Bros. Pictures)...
Trump Is Launching a Hostile Takeover of Puerto Rico
Last week, Donald Trump dismissed five of the seven members of Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board. The move is part of a hostile takeover of the territory made possible by its corrupt neoliberal elite. The dismissal of five members of the Puerto...