Chris Hedges: The Deal Behind the New Deal is Collapsing (w/ Richard Wolff)
Prof. Richard Wolff breaks down the relatively unknown deal that took place between Europe and the United States to crush communism, and its collapse today.
Waves of Strikes Rippling Across the US Seem Big, but the Total Number of Americans Walking Off the Job Remains Historically Low
By Judith Stepan-Norris and Jasmine Kerrissey / The Conversation More than 323,000 workers – including nurses, actors, screenwriters, hotel cleaners and restaurant servers – walked off their jobs during the…
Sanders Proposes ‘New Deal for Journalism’ To Ensure Media Serves Public Interest
Nonpartisan, publicly funded media is "an idea that we should explore," said the senator.
‘The Color of Law’
By H. Patricia Hynes Editor’s note: This column appeared first on the Op-Ed page of the Greenfield Recorder. For many years, I worked in Boston public housing with teams of…
The Fascist Plot that Presaged the Assault on the Capitol
The 1934 “Business Plot” offers key lessons for a contemporary audience.
Social Security Versus National Security
Is the Social Security system finally in trouble? It could be, thanks to the third-rail political issue of military spending.
Joe Biden Is No “Radical” Progressive Hero
The press is building an image of a "radical" progressive hero, while reality looks like the same corporate Democrat.
Will Biden Channel Franklin Roosevelt?
The incoming president would do well to study and emulate FDR's bold leadership on the same issues of spiraling inequity the country faces again.
FDR Knew Exactly How to Solve Today’s Unemployment Crisis
A self-funding national infrastructure bank modeled on the “American System” of Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt would help solve not one but two of the country’s biggest…
COVID-19 Lays Bare the Reality of ‘Small Government’ Conservatism
With 200,000 dead, Americans are concluding that a more Rooseveltian response was in order.
Theodore Hamm: How Brooklyn Turned Bernie Sanders Into a Democratic Socialist
The "Bernie's Brooklyn" author examines the New York figures and policies that inspired Sanders to become a champion of working class America.
[Excerpt] ‘Bernie’s Brooklyn: How Growing Up in the New Deal City Shaped Bernie Sanders’ Politics’
Far from being totally alien to the American way, the sort of socialism Bernie advocates was commonplace where he grew up.