J4J: Inside an Epic Victory for American Labor
After decades of declining clout and shrinking membership, janitorial unions in Los Angeles led a labor movement revival at the end of the last century.
Jon Wiener: What Aaron Sorkin Got Wrong in ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
The historian, who wrote 'Conspiracy in the Streets' on the subject of the Netflix film, sets the record straight on this week’s 'Scheer Intelligence.'
J4J LA: Justice for Janitors Timeline
The story of more than two decades of effective labor organizing in Los Angeles.
How to Stop Big Energy in Its Tracks (Quite Literally)
A promising strategy for defeating new fossil-fuel projects has been quietly bearing fruit, even in the Trump era.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: A Certain Kind of Diversity
That a black man might helm the horrendous war machine that so effectively chews up black and brown bodies is an obscenity that’s absolutely American.
Michèle Flournoy’s Fall Proves What Progressive Pushback Can Do
Activism succeeded in changing “Defense Secretary Flournoy” from a fait accompli to a lost fantasy of the military-industrial complex.
Thanking Essential Workers Is Not Enough
Walmart’s owners are seeing their wealth surge while my former coworkers there go without hazard pay. That has to change.
Chris Hedges: The Collective Suicide of the Liberal Class
No one can, or should, take them seriously. They stand for nothing. They fight for nothing.
Donald Trump and the Fall of the American Empire
In more ways than many of us realized, Trump was the messenger from hell when it came to a falling empire on a failing planet.
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Thomas Frank: How the Democratic Party Became a Vehicle of Aristocracy
In the second part of a two-part interview with "Scheer Intelligence," the historian explores how anti-populism made liberals comfortable with plutocracy.
Biden’s Young Hawk: The Case Against Jake Sullivan
The appointee to National Security Advisor has a history of casual evasion of responsibility for his role in a series of disastrous foreign policy adventures.
We Desperately Need an Affordable Justice Act
In the United States of America, justice is only available to the few who can afford it —but it doesn't have to be this way.
Biden Appointee Spread Russian Hacker Conspiracy
How can Democrats oppose unhinged conspiracy theories while empowering its worst purveyors?
Why the Fed Needs Public Banks
The Fed’s policy tools – interest rate manipulation, quantitative easing, and “Special Purpose Vehicles” – have all failed to revive local economies suffering from government-mandated shutdowns. . The Fed must…
Will the Biden Administration Dare Cut Military Spending?
This year’s presidential election was decided primarily by voter concerns about Covid-19 and the economy, not by voters crying out for a continuation of America’s endless wars or demanding yet…