Portside

How social movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street forced politicians to abandon austerity economics during the pandemic -- what it will take to make those changes permanent in the face of Trump's renewed politics of division?

Polarization Nation

Mamdani’s critics have launched a smear campaign that ignores that police pose an existential threat to victims—and all of us.

How my recently martyred friend and fellow activist changed the course of my life and the lives of countless others.

In the global context of rearmament, there seems to be no sign of any move towards reducing nuclear arsenals or halting their modernisation. Quite the contrary.

On climate, the U.S. and the rest of the planet are now in “completely separate worlds.”

Trump Boosts Tariffs and Stephen's Ratings. Kronos Quartet + Allison Russell | A Hard Rain. Texas Town Emptied by ICE Raids. Join Ice | Jesse Welles. Is Information a Fundamental Force of Our Universe?

Progressives should prioritize consolidating ideological strength in safe Democratic districts. The left needs to show—not just argue—that its leaders and policies work, and that requires starting from terrain where those policies can be implemented

Amid growing outrage over Gaza, protests and hunger strikes mark a renewed Palestinian movement determined to bridge division and sustain resistance.

Historian Bennett Parten's new book, Somewhere Toward Freedom, focuses on the experience of those who seized a chance at emancipation. “Through the collective weight and power of their movement, [they] found a way to essentially be in the room.”