Socialists are on a roll in elections across the US, often winning without the support of organized labor. It’s high time for unions to get on board with socialist candidates, to make the most...
Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens — despite a record-setting $60 million in outside spending in her favor. Despite record amounts of outside spending and attacks from the Democratic establishment, Abdul El-Sayed prevailed in...
Protesting George Floyd’s murder wasn’t the “crazy” part. Centrist Dems selling out was. Democrats have a lot to be embarrassed about when it comes to their actions during 2020. Like when Democratic members of Congress,...
Francesca Hong’s defeat was a setback for the Left. But lost in discussions of the campaign’s shortcomings is how much she actually accomplished. Hong may have opened the door to a new era of...
I want to start with a number that stopped me cold this morning. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported today that between 510 and 520 million people could still be facing hunger...
Many Black Americans were not cheering Spain’s complicated history. They were rooting against the racism, politics and silence associated with Argentina There are moments in sports when you realize people aren’t just watching the...
Fair housing law has never been easy to enforce. But HUD’s proposal to eliminate the use of disparate impact analysis will remove another crucial tool for doing so. Housing discrimination does not typically announce...
From the aggressive rewriting of local voting maps to budget cuts and policy shifts, many believe there’s a mirco-war against Black and brown America. Decades ago, the weapon of choice against Black America included...
Op-ed: The ROAD to Housing Act – which just became law without Trump’s signature – won’t deliver real affordability because it rests on two faulty economic assumptions. Congress just passed the largest housing bill in decades...
“I do not love America, and never have, especially now.” Those are the opening words of America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries, a new book from Princeton historian Eddie Glaude. Released ahead of...
We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New...
