Dispatches
Dispatches
News from the front lines of progressive grassroots politics.
Lawyers for Civil Rights
‘Fleeing not Migrating’
Climate change, pollution, and violence drive people to the U.S. border, even with no promise of a path to citizenship. Read more
Dec 6, 2019
Twenty Years After Seattle’s WTO Protests
On November 30, 1999, thousands of activists flooded downtown Seattle, protesting the global economic order and forging a new understanding of the world, a vision very much in play today. Read more
Dec 4, 2019
Hugo Morales
The Other Americans: Latin America’s Uprising Against Neoliberalism
Colombians join a wave of protest across the continent. Read more
Dec 4, 2019
The DNC: Finding Your Perfect Match!
We’re in the business of creating the perfect Democratic nominee. Read more
Dec 4, 2019
US Embassy Kyiv
Think You’re Tired of the Ukraine Scandal? So Are the Ukrainians!
Biden, Burisma, and the US impeachment hearings have crowded out media coverage of pressing domestic issues in Ukraine. Read more
Dec 3, 2019
What the U.K. Election Tells Us About Universal Health Care
Across the political spectrum, the British are clear: American-style health care is a terrible idea. Read more
Dec 3, 2019
Yoichi R. Okamoto
Fifty Years After the Police Murders of Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark
“We learned that the government had a plan in place to deal with any black leaders emerging ‘who could unify and electrify the masses,’ in the words of the FBI. Fred was doing that.” Read more
Dec 3, 2019
2011ABCDE
Making Economics ‘a Lever of Action in the World’
Esther Duflo, co-recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, is the youngest person ever and only the second woman to obtain the award in that field. Read more
Dec 2, 2019
vastateparksstaff
Signing Up for AmeriCorps Sure Looks Like Fun!
The challenge, until recently, was getting past medical guidelines that rejected applicants who had sought psychiatric counseling. Read more
Dec 2, 2019
Melissa Gorman
American Graffiti: Why Mike Bloomberg Should Not Be President
He brands himself a fixer of problems, a doer, a change agent. No, not even close. Read more
Nov 29, 2019
Corrado Scropetta
Foreign Correspondent: What’s Next for Bolivia After Military Coup?
“Morales was the glue that held everything together.” Read more
Nov 29, 2019
Robert A. Ellis
Remember the Oath of the Elbe
On April 25, 1945, American and Russian soldiers linked up at the Elbe River and made a pledge for peace that we should heed today. Read more
Nov 28, 2019
Midwest Dispatch: Trying to Feel Thankful in the Era of Climate Change
Recent headlines have been poking holes in any feelings of joy or gratitude I’ve had regarding the upcoming holiday. Read more
Nov 27, 2019
khaleelq8
How the International Media Greenlights Israeli Aggression Toward Palestine
“How terrifying is it that when someone points out the violations that Israel commits, they risk their job like Marc Lamont Hill?” Read more
Nov 27, 2019
Arthur T. LaBar
Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Signs Anti-Protest Bill into Law
Peaceful protestors can now be charged with a felony if they trespass on property owned, leased, or operated by companies engaged in the distribution of oil or petroleum. Read more
Nov 26, 2019
Senator Sanders
Riding Out for Medicare for All with a Back Full of Arrows
The barrage of false narratives being fired from influential Democrats, including Barack Obama, is obscuring Medicare for All’s unique programmatic strength and broad political support in rhetorical smoke. Read more
Nov 26, 2019
mak506
Obama is Wrong to Push Democratic Party Centrism
Obama’s recent comments highlight an important division in the Democratic Party, one that’s prompted the recent emergence of two new candidates: Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts and personal friend of Obama, and Michael Bloomberg. Read more
Nov 25, 2019
Gage Skidmore
One of the President’s Men: Ron Johnson’s Key Role in Donald Trump’s Extortion Scheme
The Wisconsin Senator was not only aware of the extortion, but actively participated in it. Read more
Nov 22, 2019
