Commentary by Kathryn Rubino Did you have immigration lawyer watch list on your 2025 authoritarianism BINGO card? If so, congrats! But for everyone else, it’s yet another sad slide into federal control to learn that…
By Marco Rosaire Rossi After years of being considered a niche concept, relegated to a few academic articles and zealous activists, the idea of public banking is about to hit the mainstream. From coast to…
By Lee Hepner Popular depictions of cartels evoke secretive, dangerous—shamelessly glamorized—drug cartels. Or corporate whistleblowers being trailed, wiretapped, and threatened by anonymous thugs with chiseled jaws and tinted windows. Of course, there are the fat…
By Geoff Dembicki A political group created by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch earlier this year wrote to the U.S. government making requests about artificial intelligence. “To seize the moment and ensure that AI…
By Alex Han Trump’s attacks on working people—threats to send troops into major U.S. cities, ripping collective bargaining rights from a million federal workers, an immigration enforcement terror campaign that borders on unconstitutional—have been so…
By Vijay Prashad On 1 November 2025, the south-western Indian state of Kerala—home to 34 million people—was declared free from extreme poverty by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Kerala is one of the few places in…
By John Perry While Washington’s aversion to foreign interference in its domestic elections verges on paranoia, the gross hypocrisy which runs through its foreign policy leaves it free of any compunction when meddling in other…
Broad antifascist front confronts far-right violence in Croatia By Ana Vračar Tens of thousands of people in four Croatian cities took to the streets on Sunday, November 30, responding to a call from the initiative…
By Thomas Fazi The EU loves talking about freedom. Just look at one of its recent press releases, launching something called the European Democracy Shield, which promises to protect everything from “free people” to “free…
Commentary by Matt Stoller “If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.” — Louis Brandeis The creation of a new political slush fund by titans in Silicon Valley could…