The 'migrant caravan' dominated headlines in the weeks leading up to the midterms. Now that they're over, coverage is more sparse, but maybe that's a good thing. Looking back we find that the mainstream media had an alarming case of amnesia. Why are Central Americans fleeing their home countries? American...

While it is without question that manipulative, fabricated news stories permeate the internet, the Fake News panic that followed the 2016 presidential election is serving two purposes: The vindication of mainstream media's own false stories and a McCarthyite attack on alternative news sources. We are witnessing the eve of censorship.

The upcoming midterm elections on Tuesday, November 6th, is a chance for the progressive Democrats to replace Republican incumbents around the country. Beto O’ Bourke, who is running against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas, leads his campaign using revolutionary grassroots strategies which serve as an example for future insurgents....

On the same day that the U.S. Senate advanced Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, Nadia Murad and Dr. Denis Mukwege are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in fighting sexual violence against women in Iraq and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The UN Secretary-General congratulates them without addressing...

In proclaiming nationalism and sovereignty to be virtues of a democratic republic, Trump reveals what it means for a country to be ‘great’ and who in his eyes gets to be sovereign. He applauds Poland, Israel, and Saudi Arabia while speaking ill of Germany, Venezuela, and Iran.

Thursday's primary election results reflect the struggle for power between the Democratic establishment machine and the grassroots. Gov. Andrew Cuomo easily took out his progressive challenger Cynthia Nixon, but NY's political landscape shifted from his grasp as state Senate challengers replaced six of eight ex-IDC members and Julia Salazar overcame...

Staffan de Mistura urged the UN Security Council in a crucial meeting to put the people of Idlib before national interests. The terrorist-rebel-controlled province, home to three million Syrian civilians of whom half are internally displaced refugees, is threatened with a devastating humanitarian disaster. In an Arria-Formula meeting following the...

UN Chief Antonio Guterres’ Annual Report on the Work of the Organization released on Tuesday barely touches on the intensifying Yemeni conflict, underlining the UN’s failure to appropriately condemn the war crimes of the Saudi-UAE-US-UK-led coalition.

Despite Nixon's progressive platform, socialists question whether backing her on the Democratic ticket–even against conservative incumbent Andrew Cuomo–is worth their time and effort.