The EU provides a convenient villain for those eager to blame the rise of neoliberalism on unelected bureaucrats acting at the behest of capital. But if historians are correct, this account is a fable that distracts from a grimmer reality.
Trump’s child care plan is another tax giveaway to the wealthy. But the Democrats can offer a better alternative.
In their new documentary series The Vietnam War, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick offer a sharp indictment of an atrocious war. But when it comes to portraying the antiwar movement, they lapse into troubling stereotypes.
Samuel Abrams’s Education and the Commercial Mindset provides the most detailed analysis of school privatization to date, yet overlooks the critical role that anti–union animus plays in fueling it.
The Germany of 2015 will be remembered for allowing close to 1 million asylum seekers into the country. But public opinion in the country has since shifted to the right.
Hidden from the public and overlooked by regulators, immigrant workers in the laundry industry face a litany of hazards and abuse. Our six-month investigation reveals the extent of their exploitation.
I Am Not Your Negro shows how James Baldwin became disillusioned about the possibility of any peaceful resolution to racism, but underplays the force of his internationalist and anti-capitalist perspective.
Since Citizens United, corporate America has been pushing its agenda through state legislatures at record pace. To defeat this onslaught, we need to look closely at how it works.
In the early 1990s Pelican Bay Prison was a cesspool of brutality. But in ending its worst years, did a judge civilize the cruel practice of solitary confinement?
A leading organizer describes how low-wage workers and faith-based allies are fighting to raise their city’s minimum wage—even as state legislators try to stop them.
It is no accident that our age of hyper-capitalism is also one of aggressive “family values,” pursued in popular culture and legislation alike.
With the Trump administration continuing to step up raids and deportations nationwide, providing real sanctuary is as vital as it is challenging. One immigrant’s story.
“He Will Not Divide Us” posited that we could all get along—but instead became a petri dish of American division.
The women’s movement in Poland and its largest manifestation, Manifa, represent a challenge to the right-wing government—but can they win power?
“True populism is looking out for the little guy no matter where she works and no matter who he is; we’ve let them steal that away.”
