Joseph Sinclair The charter bosses lose again at CICS Educators at four charter schools in Chicago are celebrating a huge victory against a staunchly anti-union administration that caved.
Nick Everett An old Cold Warrior plots regime change Trump’s special envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams has a long history of engineering dirty wars and repression in Latin America.
Readers’ View How to stand with Venezuela’s workers Being opposed to U.S. intervention doesn’t preclude the left from discussing what real socialism is and isn’t.
Justin Akers Chacón The empire behind the coup The Trump administration is pursuing a two-decades-old goal of the U.S. ruling class to defeat a defiant opponent in Latin America.
Picket line reports Oakland teachers are fighting for the future Teachers, students and parents are standing strong on the picket lines in Oakland in a battle for the schools that they all deserve.
Maria Norris Time to address racism at Syracuse Police are refusing to call an assault on three students of color racially motivated, leading to a campus debate at Syracuse University.
By a nurse Who has the answers that Chicago needs? Chicago voters will elect a city government this week, but the left challengers are outnumbered by Democrats with checkered records.
Joan Parkin Is First Step a step forward? The Republicans’ First Step Act is a product of discontent with America’s racist injustice system — but it doesn’t go nearly far enough.
Talíria Petrone We will defy the power of Bolsonaro A socialist member of Brazil’s Congress sent a message of resistance to a U.S. meeting of activists preparing to protest Jair Bolsonaro.
Ashley Smith The bitter fruit of Trump’s China-bashing Donald Trump’s new cold war rivalry with China has put Chinese foreign students at U.S. universities squarely in the crosshairs.
