People Die While Companies Profit
Rebecca Gordon for Tom Dispatch The March 4, 2026, edition of the Arizona Daily Star put the facts succinctly: “A Haitian asylum seeker held for four months at Florence Correctional…
Surprising Lessons for the U.S. Resistance to Trump: In Sudan’s Recent History
By Rebecca Gordon for Tom Dispatch Follow a line south and west from the Gaza Strip, continue through Egypt, and you’ll end up in another place where a genocide is…
Strategic Incompetence in the Age of Trump
Trump Is Bad at Running the Country.
How Will Your Data Be Deployed
In an Age of Dark Enlightenment?
Does an Old H.A.K. Require Rehabilitation?
Henry A. Kissinger, Still a War Criminal
Yes, We Have Home-Grown Fascists
And Now They’re Beginning to Say the Quiet Part Out Loud
Why America Might Want to Lower Its Expectations
Rebecca Gordon, author of American Nuremberg, reminds us, lest you think otherwise, this country remains all too exceptional, even if in ways that couldn’t be more unnerving.
Our Democracy’s Future Depends on Political Activists
Rebecca Gordon, just back from the front lines of the recent midterm elections, shares what she learned from her campaign work.
What Does It Mean that Women Now Dominate Higher Education?
The women who now make up the majority of college students may be missing their moment through no fault of their own.
Confessions of a Failed Tax Resister
Rebecca Gordon and her partner were both informal tax resisters due to their antiwar beliefs. But the day came when they could resist the most powerful government in the world…
We Don’t Need a 24/7 Economy
Consider what it means for an American president to call for dock workers to go on a 24/7 schedule to ensure that Christmas presents arrive at homes on time. A…
Seeing the Future When No One Believes You
Alone among members of Congress in the days after the 9/11 attacks, Barbara Lee grasped what the future held and voted against the initial congressional Authorization for the Use of…
Debt and Disillusionment: How College Is Like the Airplane Game
At many American colleges and universities, adjunct faculty members have become essential. So why don't they get their due in payment and benefits?