I will leave it to others to remember the details of his writing and to catalog his faults. For now, I remember a dear friend that I truly miss.read more

The great leftwing polemicist died on Friday, and I will miss his clarity and his fearlessness.read more

Stop trying to shut down the discussion of why we suffered such a grievous loss in Wisconsin.read more

I hear progressives saying they feel betrayed by Obama, and they can’t understand why he’s abandoning his base. But progressives never were, in fact, his base.read more

Nader is right that there are plenty of activists who are responding more energetically to the rightwing assault, but their voices need to get louder, as they did in the 1930s.read more

All the scuttlebutt in Washington is about whether he can get his progressive base behind him again. It’s a tough sell.read more

I’m at the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, the heart of post-industrial resistance and community-building.read more