Public officials lament the way that the coronavirus is engulfing black communities. The question is, what are they prepared to do about it?

The case has never been clearer for a transition to Medicare for All, but its achievement clashes with the Democratic Party’s decades-long hostility to funding the social-welfare state

There was a time in America when being called a socialist could end a political career. Not anymore

Source: Democracy Now! Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, an assistant professor at Princeton University, has just published a book about the racial wealth gap and…

In a single speech, Bernie showed why he’s an existential threat to the political establishment. He decried poverty and exploitation and named capitalism as the culprit and democratic socialism as the solution

Interview on the fact that being a decent human is increasingly being griped about as “emotional labor” and the tremendous promise of a different kind of work (and leisure) under a Green New Deal

Howard Zinn’s life was a model for left-wing intellectuals to both produce and take action to transform the world

Lessons of Radical Black Feminism in the Age of Trump

Movements do not come to us from heaven, fully formed and organized. They are built by actual people, with all their political questions, weaknesses and strengths

Black political operatives operate in the same terrain as their white competitors. They compete to stay in the good graces of wealthy donors while maximizing political connections to bolster their campaign war chests