Welcoming Our Robot Overlords

Corporations like Amazon have lives of their own—and they control ours.

Double Vision

What do you see?

2 Decades of Military Force Got Us Nowhere

Twenty years of war, around $6 trillion, and nearly 1 million corpses later, there are now more terrorist groups than in 2001.

The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform

Why we have to look past reformism and embrace the politics of prison abolition.

Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice?

A lot is riding on the attorney general’s prosecution of January 6 insurrectionists—including whether future coup plotters think they’ll be able to get away with it.

Joe Manchin Is Tired of Your Tiresome Questions

But he’ll keep talking anyway because he loves the sound of his own voice. Happy Senate New Year!

Biden Is Still Refusing to Cancel Student Debt

In spite of his campaign promises to the contrary, the president is dragging his feet on lifting a burden weighing on millions of Americans.

To Avert Another January 6, Expel Coup Plotters From Congress

Representative Cori Bush is right in her read of the Constitution: Officials who give aid and comfort to insurrectionists must be removed from their positions.

When Big Brother Is Your Boss: The Rise of Surveillance Wages

Everything the Internet knows about you may end up being used against you by your employer.

How Private Capital Strangled Our Cities

By following the money, a new history of urban inequality turns our attention away from federal malfeasance and toward capital markets and financial instruments.

What We Can Learn From Portland’s “Queen of the Bolsheviks”

More than a century ago, the US government tried to silence Marie Equi, a radical queer abortionist.

One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal.

J. Edgar Hoover had both of them in his sights. Yet neither one was ever arrested. The untold story of how the Hall brothers beat the FBI.

Antonio Brown Is a Damning Reflection of the NFL

The fact that the former Tampa Bay wide receiver was even on the field is an indictment of the entire league.

The Best Way to Commemorate January 6 Is to Pass a Voting Rights Law

On January 5, 2021, Georgia’s Democratic majority took the Senate. The very next day, America’s violent white minority struck back. A voting rights push this week will make clear how those days are connected.

Abort the Court!

Roe v. Wade is hanging by a thread.

What a Sensible Ukraine Policy Would Look Like

Despite all the bellicose blather, the real security interests of Americans are clear. Ukraine is not among them.

“We Have It in Our Power to Begin the World Over Again”

Progressives can win the fight for democracy in 2022. To do so, they would do well to renew their acquaintance with Thomas Paine's wise message.

The Omicron Threat Looms

Pandemic deaths surpass 800,000 in the USA and 5.40 million worldwide, with a new surge projected for January.

Extraditing Julian Assange Threatens Journalists Worldwide

In countries where the press faces restriction and persecution, US interference sets a dangerous precedent.

The Uncanny Resemblance of the Beer Hall Putsch and the January 6 Insurrection

If 1920s Germany could punish Hitler for leading a coup attempt, why can’t America go after Trump?