I know Colin Powell meant a lot to a lot of people I respect, which might make the week to come nearly unbearable. It also makes the option of saying nothing feel like cowardice.

Powell’s name appears three times in my book I Ain’t Marching Anymore. Never positively.

In the Employment Situation–September 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics offered positives and negatives. Non-farm job numbers from business and government organizations were disappointing, adding only 194,000 positions. The August additions of 366,000 jobs had been weak, but September was worse. In the household survey, unemployment fell substantially from 5.2% to 4.8%. The number of…

Farbod Ardebili’s new short film Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran asks a simple yet powerful question: what are you willing to do for freedom?  Shima (Mohadeseh Kharaman), a young Iranian woman who fronts an underground metal band in Tehran, gives us her answer. Shima’s position in the band, combined with its genre of…

Only the working classes of Puerto Rico, the great masses of the people, and the UTIER ranks have both the need and the political determination to see the struggle through. Should the divide between Puerto Rican and U.S. mainland workers be overcome, the unity of the tradespeople of both nations could emerge as a powerful force.

Heritage Month begins in the United States on September 15 of each year and celebrates several of the independence struggles in Latin America from 1810- through the 1820s.  Spain ruled most of Latin America from 1521 until 1820. The movements of independence from Spanish rule began most notably on September 15, 1810 in Dolores, Mexico…

We need to ask the radical question: if aggressive policing and rapidly expanding systems of carceral control produce only more violence and injustice, what different approaches hold more promise for building a better society?

Cuomo’s willingness to designate nursing home patients and workers as expendable typifies the damage wrought by neoliberal governance.

DSA should treat “humans as the pillars” of our politics.

Before COVID-19, Seattle was “the best place in the world to be homeless.” Now we’re just another big city.

Tailoring outreach efforts to appeal to older community members can convert at least some of them into a progressive voting force.