Flat Broke, Black Voters Want More Than Just Another Black President

Sen. Cory Booker’s announcement on February 1 that he is entering the 2020 presidential race brings the number of African-American Democrats seeking their party’s nomination to two, making the crowded primary field the “most diverse in history,” according to The New...

Enough “Free Trade.” We Need Solidarity Economies and Reparations.

“Free trade” is the modern form that imperialism takes: It is a system that protects and expands inequalities of power both between and within countries. “Free trade” empowers global North multinational corporations to continue — with minimal interference and tacit...

The Devil’s in the Details: NAFTA Puts Trump in a Political Pickle

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised to renegotiate the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in favor of American workers or scrap the deal altogether. That message resonated in the Rust Belt, where manufacturing jobs disappeared in NAFTA’s...