Next year, says the reviewer, the Nobel Committee for Literature should look beyond Europe. Despite the differences between awardees Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke, they both reflect a divided Europe as viewed only from within its borders.
This new book offers a history and analysis of the contributions of black workers to our society. It shows just how key a knowledge of black workers' history is to an understanding the working class's fortunes and history overall.
Some Democratic candidates are pushing it as a free-choice version of Medicare for All. That’s good rhetoric but bad policy.
We talk with historian Eugene McCarraher about the myths and rituals of the market, the lost radicalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the rise of neoliberalism.
The sad reality is there is strong unity in Israel – over shared, deeply ugly attitudes towards Palestinians, whether citizens or under occupation. Paradoxically, the only obstacle to realizing that unity is Mr. Netanyahu’s efforts to cling to power.
Impeachment should be about how an oligarch debauched democracy, not about a president clashing with the national security establishment.
Successive US administrations have sought to turn the borderlands into a land of death — but these photos prove it is very much a land of the living. In this photo essay, David Bacon reaches into his photographic archive of 30 years.
A lot of progressive groups (and voters) have held off on making the Sanders-vs.-Warren choice. But they’ll face more and more pressure to decide how best to block Biden, and to defeat Trump.
Timothy Faust’s new book is part history, part manifesto, and part irreverent tour guide to America’s deeply flawed health insurance system.
The Portland Timbers soccer fans defied Major League Soccer, team ownership, and fascism in one glorious night.
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