Gaza War Is Ushering In an Age of Total Immorality
Commentary by Nesrine Malik In July, Benjamin Netanyahu received a standing ovation after his speech to US Congress. It was a moment that seemed to usher in a new phase of the war in Gaza—one…
Injustice
Israel’s American Dream
Settler white supremacy everywhere shares one dream. Commentary by Yannick Giovanni Marshall It may seem odd that US conservatism—which has taken the baton from the Reich Ministry of Propaganda and systematically spreads thinly veiled anti-Semitic…
Permanent Housing with Few Rules
Colorado’s approach to solving chronic homelessness By Jennifer Brown As Solid Ground Apartments opens in Lakewood Colorado, it comes with proof of concept—giving people who are homeless a place to live, no strings attached, not…
Climate, Energy and Natural Resources
Address to Progressive International’s 50th Anniversary Congress in Havana By Jason Hickel Thank you to PI for organizing this event, and thank you to our Cuban hosts, who have kept this revolution alive against extraordinary…
The Hidden Cost of Clean Energy: Black Lives
By Adam Mahoney A lawsuit filed five years ago charged several U.S. tech companies with complicity in child labor. Among said companies was Tesla, the world’s largest electric vehicle producer. Tucked into that lawsuit is…
Connecticut Baby Bonds Fight the Wealth Gap
By Lynn Parramore Consider a tale of two babies born in the same American city, Jake and Justin. Jake, born into an economically secure white family, is primed for success. His grandparents set up a…
The Real Book About the White Working Class
An interview with Les Leopold By Matt Taibbi In late February a new book by journalist Paul Waldman and University of Maryland professor Thomas Schaller, White Rural Rage, hit the bookshelves. The book was a…
Migrants Face State Violence on Both Sides of the Border
By Brad Wolf In one of the most violent cities in the Western hemisphere, we meet with immigrants in a shelter trying to make their way to safety in the United States. Reynosa, Mexico is…
How I Became a Migrant Trafficker in Mexico
By Belén Fernández In February 2024, far-right American activist and white nationalist Laura Loomer—whom former United States president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump once praised as “really very special”—descended upon Panama for a weeklong…
Biden Vowed to Reform Immigration Detention
Instead, Private Prisons Benefited By Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke PHILIPSBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug 7 (Reuters)—As a presidential candidate in 2020, Joe Biden pledged to end for-profit immigration detention, saying: “No business should profit…