The Climate Movement Goes to War with Trump

Attacks on Immigrants Are Attacks on Workers

A longtime labor and community organizer responds to the Trump’s anti-immigrant measures. MORE

By Carlos Ballesteros

PHOTOS: This Is What Resistance Looks Like

From pussy hats to airports, images of protest in the age of Trump. MORE

By Rachel K. Dooley

Cities Go Rogue Against Trump and the Radical Right

In a sea of red, blue enclaves test their power to rebel. MORE

By Theo Anderson

Meet the U.S. Nonprofit That Funds the Israeli Guards Who Terrorize Palestinians

Settlements in the West Bank are illegal, but equipping their guards is tax-deductible. MORE

By Alex Kane

Indivisible: The Left Group Shaking Up Congress From the Grassroots

Coopting Tea Party tactics, former Democratic Congressional staffers provide the Trump resistance with a step-by-step lobbying guide. MORE

By Kate Aronoff

Take Two

Asghar Farhadi Is One of the Most Important Directors Working Today—And Trump Has Banned Him

The Iranian filmmaker’s masterful, Oscar-nominated The Salesman shows the futility of progressives trying to tolerantly endure repressive regimes. MORE

By Michael Atkinson

Exit Signs

George Saunders' New Novel Follows Abraham Lincoln's Son to a Buddhist Afterlife

In his first full-length novel, the short story virtuoso weaves U.S. history with the otherworldly. MORE

By Chris Lehmann

books

How Today’s White Middle Class Was Made Possible By Welfare

Whites, angered at blacks and immigrants receiving “government handouts,” forget they were lifted out of poverty through racially exclusive welfare programs in the 30s. MORE

By Margaret Garb

From the Old Country

Brexit From the Side of a Volcano

Contemplating capitalism and democracy in the Canary Islands. MORE

By Jane Miller

Editorial

If the Democratic Party Won't Take Risks, It's Up to Us

Now is not the time to play it safe. MORE

By Christopher Hass

Views

The New York Times Missed Trump's Biggest Lie

The corporate media is fact-checking our new Liar-in-Chief–but only to a point. MORE

By Jim Naureckas

Back Talk

If Nixon Could Tweet

The similarities between our current president and Tricky Dick don’t bode well for the country—or for Trump. MORE

By Susan J. Douglas

Views

Is Russia a Red Herring?

A debate over whether the Left should focus on collusion between Trump and Russia. MORE

By Chris Edelson and Bhaskar Sunkara

Public Defender

It's Not Enough to Fight Trump—Progressives Need a Vision for the Future

Either decorporatize the Democrats or create a viable third party. MORE

By Leonard C. Goodman

Views

Slavoj Zizek: We Must Rise from the Ashes of Liberal Democracy

Trump is a threat to global stability—only a new Left international can beat him. MORE

By Slavoj Žižek