Governor Paul LePage is a preview of a President Donald Trump.
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Posted inAmerica and the World
When the River Turned Yellow
Sixty miles south of the Arizona border, the devastation from a toxic spill has led to an epochal battle between a transnational mining conglomerate and an alliance of miners and farmers.
Posted inWorking in America
Seattle Progressives Fight Inequality: Teamsters Take On Uber
The metropolitan region’s progressive groups have come together in a union-led, community-based movement for a sustainable city.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Caught on Camera: Police Racism
A recent wave of police violence against African Americans isn’t anything new. It’s just been caught on video.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Arizona’s Blue Horizons
With increasing Latino activism, once-Republican Arizona is becoming contested terrain, though registration still lags. Will this be the year?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
A Just Transition for U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Workers
A combination of better jobs and pensions will remove one political obstacle to a green transition—and it’s the right thing to do.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Is This the Year of the Latino Voter?
Latinos have had some of the lowest voter turnout rates, but this November—with unprecedented mobilization campaigns and the specter of a Trump presidency—may be different.
Posted inWorking in America
Song for an Unsung Hero
In his revelatory biography of community organizer Fred Ross Sr., Gabriel Thompson traces the roots of today’s progressive movement.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The First Post-Middle-Class Election
The politics of downward mobility and racial diversity have eroded the center, pushing Democrats to the left and Republicans toward an authoritarian right.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Conversation with Andy Stern on the Case for a Universal Basic Income
With income from work increasingly unreliable and technology displacing jobs, do we need a citizen wage?
