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8 Thoughts on Bernie Sanders’s Democratic Socialism and the Primary

Mike Konczal ▪ November 25, 2015

What was missing from Bernie Sanders’s democratic socialism speech and policy agenda is just as interesting as what was included.

[EVENT | December 14] Michael Walzer: On Democratic Internationalism

Editors ▪ November 23, 2015

Join Michael Walzer for a lecture on politics and democratic internationalism.

[EVENT | December 10] How Should We Reform Criminal Justice?

Editors ▪ November 23, 2015

Michael Javen Fortner and Marie Gottschalk debate criminal justice reform, Thursday, December 10, 2015, 6:30 p.m. at CUNY’s Murphy Institute.

Booked: A Suitcase Full of Passports

Timothy Shenk ▪ November 19, 2015

An interview with journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian about her new book, The Cosmopolites, and the buying and selling of citizenship.

Refugees Are Victims of Terrorism, Not Its Source

Slawomir Sierakowski ▪ November 16, 2015

If we give in to the politics of fear, we will only harm ourselves and others.

Belabored Podcast #90: Offshoring Dirty Jobs, with Erik Loomis

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ November 13, 2015

An interview with historian Erik Loomis about his new book, Out of Sight, on the labor and environmental catastrophes caused by our outsourcing of dirty jobs. Plus: the Mizzou football players, updates in the Fight for $15, and FedEx workers on strike.

The Pension Pinch

Colin Gordon ▪ November 12, 2015

A new survey reveals just how severely the United States’ pension system is failing its retirees.

Paul Ryan Is No Moderate. Just Check the Record

Roger Bybee ▪ November 3, 2015

The new House speaker’s career-long crusade against welfare, women’s rights, and corporate accountability belie his image as a “moderate” Republican.

[EVENT] Income for All! Two Visions for a New Economy

Editors ▪ October 31, 2015

Should the left champion jobs for all or advance a basic income as part of a broader anti-work politics? Can we do both? Join Dissent, Jacobin, and the New Economy Coalition for a panel discussion, November 9 in Brooklyn.

Belabored Podcast #89: Banking on Change, with Khalid Taha

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ October 30, 2015

Bank worker Khalid Taha tells us why he’s standing up for better banks and better wages. Plus: Bernie Sanders on a picket line, sexual harassment at T-Mobile, and a win in the fight against on-call scheduling.

Flight Risk

Linda Kinstler ▪ October 21, 2015

A Ukrainian academic from Donetsk told me last year that the region of eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down is sometimes called the “house of burning stones.” The coal-rich region is home to shallow methane repositories …

[EVENT] The Battle for Rojava

Editors ▪ October 20, 2015

Kurdish activist Dilar Dirik in conversation with Meredith Tax, Thursday, October 22, 2015, 7 p.m. at the New School.

Belabored Podcast #88: Dismantling Two-Tier

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ October 16, 2015

Recent contract negotiations at Fiat Chrysler are signaling an end to the infamous two-tier wage system. We speak with Chrysler worker Alex Wassell and Professor of Industrial Relations at Clark University Gary Chaison about the new deal.

A Nation of Migrants

Adam Goodman ▪ October 8, 2015

Thinking of the United States as a nation of immigrants may promote inclusivity in a time of rising xenophobia, but it also serves to exclude and obscure what the U.S. really is: a nation of migrants.