Though they are reviled by liberals today, third parties have played an important part in advancing progressive causes in the U.S.

The Obama administration's proposal for "nuclear modernization" can only lead to a more dangerous and deadly world.

Terry Eagleton's book tries to make sense of the sheer quantity and variety of stuff crammed into what gets called "culture."

They nearly killed my son | The continuing struggle at Yale? | Stein courts the anti-science crowd | Aiding and abetting the blacklist

In the "world's greatest democracy," police are increasingly indistinguishable from a heavily armed occupying army deployed by the Pentagon.

The dropping of charges against the cops who killed Freddie Gray begs the question: What will it take to hold police responsible?

A new book tells the stories of four people who were wrongfully convicted and finally exonerated, but still suffer the consequences.

The Indian government has unleashed a new wave of repression against a growing resistance by the people of Kashmir.

An examination of Chávez's Venezuela helps explain what happened to the efforts to confront neoliberalism in Latin America.

Olympic officials are hailing an all-refugee team, but they're responsible for 77,000 people being displaced in Rio de Janeiro.

Thousands of social movement activists from around the world are gathering this week in Quebec for the World Social Forum.

For 10 years, Brazil has prepared for the Olympics. Now a majority of its people wish the Games had never darkened their door.

Jeremy Corbyn's fight to remain the leader of Britain's Labour Party will have significance far beyond the party itself.

Opponents of the struggle for justice in Palestine are reviving the blacklist--with all its ugly history of political persecution and ruined lives.

The Battle of the Somme is a stark example of the horror of war for a generation fed a false narrative about patriotic commitment.

Jim devoted his life to bringing the history of U.S. working-class struggles to students of history--and to workers themselves.

The book Evicted provides an important view of the crisis of housing for the poor through the eyes of residents of Milwaukee.

The famous early 20th century author of The Call of the Wild was also a socialist, and his most political novel is now a play.