Talkin’ For-Profit Medicine Blues

A century of hard living and hospital bills in American song.

Choose Your Own Adventure

When your God that fails is Pol Pot.

Ending the Opioid Crisis

Trump finally declared mass opioid addiction a national emergency. But he won’t take on big pharma and the social roots of the crisis.

Beware Your Local Food Cooperative

Produce is serious business. A history of the co-op wars.

A Hero and a Priest

Remembering Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, the Sandinista priest and one-time United Nations General Assembly president who died earlier this month.

“Just Cause” and Its Aftermath

With the death of Manuel Noriega, we look back at the bloody 1989 invasion of Panama and the imperial wars that it helped justify.

Red Is the New Red, White, and Blue

Chinese investments in Latin America have skyrocketed over the past ten years. But not everyone is thrilled about the new superpower in the region.

Remembering Sandino

The Nicaraguan nationalist was assassinated eighty-three years ago last month.

Blood on His Hands

As head of SOUTHCOM, Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary facilitated atrocities across the Americas.

Can They Count?

Blaming third-party voters for Trump's win isn't just bad politics. It's bad math.

Austerity With a Vacant Face

Capital’s third favorite party sounds a lot like its first.

The Liberty Swindle

The choice between Donald Trump and Gary Johnson is a choice between austerity with an angry face and austerity with a vacant one.

Revolt of the Elites

Patricio Guzmán’s The Battle of Chile captures the class war that culminated in Salvador Allende's overthrow 44 years ago today.

Bleeding Heart Bullshit

A new book by a self-proclaimed "bleeding heart libertarian" reveals libertarianism’s bankrupt conscience.

Ortega’s Next Term

Daniel Ortega is still despised by the Right. But that doesn't mean Nicaraguans have much to look forward to in his next term.

June 19 Should Be a National Holiday

On June 19, 1865, slavery ended in Texas. Juneteenth should be a national holiday.

The Settlement Industry

For Israeli settlements in the West Bank, exploiting Palestinian life is a billion dollar industry.

Bring It On

Today Is Our Day

This May Day, we should celebrate the historic triumphs of the labor movement and the struggles to come.

Merle’s America

Merle Haggard provided the soundtrack of American reaction for five decades.