The Democrat in the White House is carrying out a policy toward refugees that would be met with outrage and protest if a Republican tried it.

A member of the London2Calais solidarity initiative describes local organizing in support of the refugees trapped in France.

Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent dissident cleric is causing turmoil across the Middle East--and raising the threat of wider violence.

A U.S. labor activist explains how her interrogation by Chinese authorities is connected to a wave of repression against workers' organizing.

On the anniversary of the beginning of the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, a leading voice of the left takes stock.

A "terror plot" in Rochester, New York, fits the pattern of law enforcement preying on poor and sometimes mentally ill men.

A participant in the founding of a new socialist formation in Scotland talks about the project it set for itself and its prospects.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has ended his tenure as one of the most destructive forces against public education in history.

The conservative government of Park Geun-hye is seeking to impose harsh labor law reform, but unions are fighting back.

The victory of the right in National Assembly elections in Venezuela is a major reversal for the Bolivarian Revolution.

A general strike by Quebec's public-sector workers sent a loud-and-clear message to the Liberal Party government: We reject cuts and austerity.

A U.S. unionist who traveled to Paris for the UN climate summit talks about labor's participation in the protests and what's next.

The elaborate ceremony planned for Mother Teresa’s canonization this year is valuable to the Church for its propaganda purposes.

In socialist movements throughout history, the question of what kind of society we're fighting for has been bound up with who can achieve it.

Calls to ban Muslim migrants raise the specter of a shameful chapter in U.S. history: when Japanese Americans were interned.

The big hit on Broadway is a musical that uses the language of hip-hop to tell the story of "Founding Father" Alexander Hamilton.

Concussion is a David versus Goliath story that should have the NFL very worried about its bottom line.

Spike Lee claims Chi-Raq is part of a mission to save lives in violent neighborhoods, but his solution is more victim-blaming.

SW asked writers, musicians and just plain fans about the music(s) they're listening to, reading about and otherwise enjoying.

From one-armed warriors to Black trans women, 2015 gave us complex female characters on the big and the small screens.

Two readers analyze the DNC's threats against the Sanders campaign following a controversy about online access to records.

The real crimes of "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli won't put him in prison--because they're perfectly legal under capitalism.