A stop-work order from the Trump administration last month paused construction of a wind turbine farm off the coast of Rhode Island, laying off 1,000 unionized workers. The administration is threatening to halt yet more offshore wind projects. The Revolution Wind...
Western plans for a Palestinian state fall far short of Palestinian self-determination, imposing tight limits on its future sovereignty. European leaders have sought a symbolic posture in recognizing Palestinian statehood to make up for their complicity in the...
Centrist Democrats like Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom seem to think the best way to disparage Donald Trump is to highlight his departures from free-market orthodoxy. Good luck with that. Kamala Harris is appealing to oligarchs to save us from the “communist” Donald...
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain: “Make no mistake: the billionaire class is not going to give up power willingly. They are on an endless pursuit of profit, no matter the cost.” Shawn Fain speaking in Flint, Michigan, on October 4, 2024. (Sarah Rice /...
Participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza in defiance of Israel’s blockade knew they were in danger of Israeli attacks — and that was before yesterday’s drone attack. We spoke to one participant from the ship. Last night’s...
A new Census Bureau report establishes that poverty increased over the course of the Biden administration. The data is yet another rebuke to the politicians and commentators who insisted economic conditions under Joe Biden were great. As a matter of historical record,...
Fed chair Jerome Powell announced a quarter-point interest rate cut last week in an effort to prevent an economic slowdown. But the cause of the current crisis is Donald Trump’s brutal immigration policy. Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions are projected to impose...
A new crop of young Democratic Party challengers is running on generational politics alone, hoping to capitalize on voters’ hunger for change without running afoul of the centrist establishment’s political preferences. Twenty-five-year-old social media influencer Deja...
The farcical spat that has riven Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s “Your Party” exposes a Left increasingly focused on itself rather than on the class it aims to mobilize. Rather than emphasizing what unites us as socialists, we slip into debates that convince even...
The news that many Western nations have recognized Palestine has driven Israel and its allies into a fit of hysteria. Israel’s leaders knows that it is too weak to dominate its region alone. Israel’s fear is that continued popular pressure will cause the dam to burst....
Donald Trump is amassing more and more tools of repression, and he is not afraid to use them. In the second Donald Trump presidency, the state’s tool kit for repression has been evolving fast. (Leon Neal / Getty Images) In April 1921, a group of Italian fascist...
Homebuilding giant Lennar has a large stockpile of houses it can’t sell at current asking prices. Instead of lowering home prices for the public, the company has launched an e-marketplace catering to wealthy investors and corporate landlords. Lennar’s new housing...