Our Alternative

Bhaskar Sunkara Jacobin
We need a socialist politics that challenges the Democratic Party's leadership, not just the Right.

Union Members Summary for 2016

Bureau of labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics
The new figures have just come out, and we are slightly down again.

I See America Marching Again

Dan La Botz New Politics
With the poet's thanks and apologies to Walt Whitman, Dan La Botz captures the spirit of resistance in today's America and reaffirms the importance of speaking up and marching, marching, marching. Note the poem below is also translated into Spanish and French.

Trumponomics, Taxes, and the American Worker

David Cay Johnston Washington Spectator
Trump’s tax proposals, which shift like desert sands in a windstorm, would lavish vast new tax breaks on people like himself

Bullshitter in Chief

Lauren Griffin The Conversation
In some ways, it's way worse than lying. A bullshitter just isn't concerned about truth.

Torture Works . . . to Produce Fake News

Juan Cole Informed Comment
Torture is an excellent way to be trolled by a seasoned operative, with potentially disastrous consequences, as Iraq showed

Kellyanne Conway - SNL

Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon) reveals the real reason she joined Donald Trump's campaign.