Building a New Populism in the Era of Trump

Building a New Populism in the Era of Trump

Imagine you’re standing in line for the American Dream. You work hard, sometimes in dangerous jobs. You lead a moral life. But the line is stalling, even moving backwards. Yet you see newcomers up front — some of them immigrants and people of color. Maybe...
This Doesn’t Sound Like Our Voice

This Doesn’t Sound Like Our Voice

We’re already starting to see how America’s gamble on Donald Trump will pay off: with gifts to the corporations and billionaires he swore he’d put us above. One of Trump’s first priorities is to repeal one of the only federal laws standing between us and...
A Bigger AT&T Is the Last Thing We Need

A Bigger AT&T Is the Last Thing We Need

The American mainstream media spent the last year normalizing and propping up a racist, xenophobic, misogynist candidate whose closest advisers include white nationalists and politicians with a track record of oppressing women, people of color, and the LGBTQI...
Sorry, I Can’t Give Trump a Chance

Sorry, I Can’t Give Trump a Chance

As Donald Trump plans his transition into the White House, some have called for “unity.” Let’s “come together,” they say. Let’s “give him a chance.” I say no. When a man abuses his wife, you don’t tell her to give...