New Report: The rich are richer than the Gilded Age and half of all U.S. children live in poverty, writes Lee Camp.
US Inequality Is Way Past Revolution Time
Category: Income Inequality
WATCH: The History Mamdani Must Undo
New New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is faced with reversing a half century of city policies stemming from the beginning of the neoliberal era of the mid-1970s, says Judith Jorrisch.
WATCH: Jill Stein on Why Mamdani Won
Jill Stein, three-time Green Party candidate for U.S. president, spoke to CN Live! about Zohran Mamdani’s election as NYC mayor and the future of U.S. politics.
WATCH: ‘Run, Zohran, Run’
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Chris Hedges: Trump’s Greatest Ally is the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes — the only tools that can thwart Trump’s emergent authoritarianism — fearing they too will be swept aside.
Patrick Lawrence: Confronting Oligarchs in the NYC Vote
The power elites who have long controlled the United States demonstrate repeatedly that they have no intention of surrendering to any reconstitution of the American polity in the name of anything resembling authentic democracy.
Vijay Prashad: Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South
Here are seven theses to begin to understand the protests that young people have led across the world and perhaps channel them in a progressive direction.
NYC Election: Socialism or Barbarism
With an eye on Zohran Mamdani’s New York mayoral vote on Tuesday, Eric Ross says reviving U.S. socialism also requires recovering its history from the Red Scare and Cold War.
Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Trump
Democrats may be denouncing the current assaults on social programs, writes Norman Solomon. But three decades ago Bill Clinton’s embrace of the private sector began clearing the path for Trump’s wrecking crew.
WATCH: Chris Smalls — From Amazon to Gaza
From organizing an Amazon.com shop to be being arrested on an aid ship bound for Gaza, Chris Smalls has become a dynamic political figure speaking for a new generation of American dissidence.