CURRENT AFFAIRS

MARCH 14. 2025

Boycott Tesla

Electric car buyers don’t like right-wing politics. This means Elon Musk’s position at Tesla is very vulnerable and susceptible to economic pressure.

How to Resist America's Culture of Islamophobia

Islamic scholar Dr. Omar Suleiman explains how Islamophobia permeates US culture, politics, and media and what we can do to fight this bigotry.

MARCH 13. 2025

Mexico Shows How Social Democratic Politics Can Win and Be Popular

It turns out that a strong, principled leftist government can gain and retain popular support. So what’s the U. S. Democratic Party’s excuse?

MARCH 12. 2025

Will Democrats Keep Protecting Abusive Men?

Andrew Cuomo and Bill Clinton both have a lengthy list of sexual misconduct allegations against them. But as long as they’re politically useful, top Democrats don’t seem to care.

MARCH 11. 2025

The Most Dictatorial Action So Far

Trying to deport people for their protected political speech is an outrageous civil liberties violation that should be opposed by everyone who values living in a free country.

MARCH 10. 2025

Could a Socialist Mayor be Just What New York City Needs?

New York State Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani discusses why he's challenging New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the upcoming election and what he plans to do to make life better for the city's working class.

MARCH 7. 2025

Why Social Security Is Not a Ponzi Scheme

Old age insurance is not a scam, and it’s not destined to collapse. Proponents of privatizing or eliminating Social Security are constantly telling lies about it.

MARCH 6. 2025

Israel-Palestine Really Isn't That Complicated

The renowned actor, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter Wallace Shawn discusses his political evolution leftward, his activism on Israel-Palestine, and why that issue really isn't that complicated.

MARCH 5. 2025

You Really Can Just Do Things

When Republicans take power, they abuse it. When Democrats take power, they refuse it.

MARCH 4. 2025

Why Did MSNBC Cancel Joy Reid?

Some speculated that racism explains the firing of the liberal anchor. But MSNBC doesn't have a problem with Black hosts. They have a problem with pro-Palestine ones.

MARCH 3. 2025

'Health Freedom' is a Fraud. What We Need is a Right to Health

The “health freedom” movement’s political ascendance has come about in a time of deep institutional mistrust. But it is a sham that will not actually make people healthier. To achieve this, we need to establish a collective right to health.

FEBRUARY 28. 2025

Why Joe Rogan Believes In Fake Archaeology

The popular podcaster has repeatedly had on guests who think Atlantis was real. Today we talk to a genuine archaeologist, Flint Dibble, who tries to reason people out of delusions.

FEBRUARY 27. 2025

We Should Be Neither 'Anti-Natalist' Nor 'Pro-Natalist'

People should have the number of children they want to have, and the state’s job is to assist them in achieving their aspirations.

FEBRUARY 26. 2025

We Must Fight Against Anti-Muslim Propaganda

On Elon Musk’s “X, ” people talk about Muslims like Hitler talked about Jews. The fight against Islamophobia is as crucial as the antifascist struggle of the 1930s.