No, Affirmative Action Isn’t Keeping White Students Down
Enrollment rates are still higher for whites than blacks or Latinos. Now is the worst time to roll back affirmative action.
White Supremacy Carries More Than a Tiki Torch
Republicans are condemning Trump’s coddling of white supremacists. Can they speak out against racist laws, too?
Why Martin Shkreli Won’t Be the Last Pharma Bro
How Shkreli got rich in the first place remains not just legal but celebrated.
Slap-dash Sanctions Leave Less Room for Diplomacy
Slapping sanctions onto three different countries with vastly different foreign policy challenges doesn’t work in the real world, Phyllis Bennis tells The Real News.
Rising Angst Among Defenders of Overpaid CEOs
Efforts to repeal CEO-worker pay ratio disclosure continue, but the odds of success are growing longer.
A Fight for Civil and Labor Rights: Union Vote Looms at Nissan
Workers in a Nissan Auto plant are close to winning one of the largest successes for labor in decades.
Nearly 50 Senators Want to Make It a Felony to Boycott Israel
The goal is to frighten people from engaging in the completely legal act of living out their values.
I’m a Jewish American Who Wanted to Visit Israel. I Got as Far as the Airport.
A new Israeli law bans travel by anyone who supports a nonviolent boycott for Palestinian rights — including Jews who break with the government’s right-wing line.
A Private-Sector Case Against Exploitation
In his new book, Peter Georgescu argues that capitalists have a vested interest in curbing wealth inequality.
Child Soldier in the War on Terror: The Limits of Justice for One Guantanamo Bay Survivor
The abuse of Omar Khadr shows that Islamophobia drives the War on Terror.
Increasing Isolation Won’t Change North Korea’s Behavior
When are we going to try something different?
Democrats’ ‘Better Deal’ Isn’t Much Better
Working Americans are hungering for a policy agenda daring enough to take on corporate greed. The Democratic Party’s “Better Deal” isn’t that.
In Guam, the Gravest Threat Isn’t North Korea—It’s the United States
The United States is using this Pacific colony as its own private firing range.
8 Lessons U.S. Progressives Can Learn From the U.K. Labour Party
As of mid-July, Labour is 8 percentage points ahead of the Conservatives. Here’s how they did it.