The Activists Waging a War to Make The Far Right Go Broke
It wasn’t so long ago that white nationalist “intellectual” Richard Spencer was the toast of the so-called “alt-right”…
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Too Sick, Too Pregnant, Too Well Paid: Walmart Workers on Why the Company Fires Them
Sixty-one-year-old Jose Ramos says he often experienced racism and discrimination from his department manager toward…
The Loneliest Democrat in America
AMARILLO, TEXAS—The Democratic candidate for Congress in the most Republican congressional district in America does not…
Talking With Rashida Tlaib, the Ceiling-Smashing Detroit Activist Headed to Congress
This piece is part of Splinter’s series The New Guard, where we interview progressive candidates who are running in…
Talking With Deb Haaland, the Organizer Poised to Become the First Native American Woman in Congress
This piece is part of Splinter’s series The New Guard, where we interview progressive candidates who are running in…
The Democratic Socialists of America’s Cynthia Nixon Dilemma
Taking the mic in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Brooklyn YWCA on Wednesday night, Chris Maisano marveled…
Government Healthcare Is Saving My Mum's Life
My mother has lung cancer. At the end of last year, she began feeling breathless and tired, struggling with walks…
Yelp Reviews Are Politics In Neoliberal America
When members of the Democratic Socialists of America entered a Washington, D.C., restaurant this week and chanted…
A Former Japanese Internment Camp Prisoner on the Dire Effects of Putting Kids in Detention
The government called it a “segregation center,” but Satsuki Ina calls it a prison camp.
Send Us Your Letters About Puerto Rico
Last week, the Trump-Pence administration met with FEMA officials to congratulate the agency on a successful 2017. They…
Mándenos Sus Cartas Sobre Puerto Rico
La semana pasada, la administración de Trump-Pence se reunió con representantes de la FEMA para felicitar a la agencia…
In Academia, Professors Coming On to You Is on the Syllabus
In the middle of the night on November 11, 2011, Jenn Shapland, a 24-year-old graduate student in the English…
The Texans Who Are Mad as Hell About Trump's Border Wall
Many feel the Trump administration’s proposed border wall is toxic and divisive. But in the Rio Grande Valley, it’s…
Activist Fighting ‘Anti-Male Bias’ on Campus Really Doesn’t Wanna Talk About His Old Harassment Suit
Over the last few months, the Department of Education’s civil rights division has opened a set of unusual…
A Hunger Strike on the Bowery
No one remembers who suggested a hunger strike. But when it was proposed, almost everyone raised their hands to…
The Secret, All-White Committee Advising New Orleans’ Black Woman Mayor on the Fate of Confederate Statues
Nearly a year ago today, New Orleans residents cheered, sang, and danced in the streets as they watched the city take…
When Healthcare Funding on Reservations Dries Up
The Penobscot Indian Reservation, established through a settlement with the state of Maine in 1980, begins about 12…
Craft Beer’s Moral High Ground Doesn't Apply to Its Workers
Scott Timms is taking a break from brewing beer. At 35, he’s been at it for 13 years, most recently having worked at…
North Carolina’s Teacher Revolt Was Decades in the Making
A derecho of red shirts swept through Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday as thousands of teachers and their allies flooded the…
D.C.'s Biggest Homeless Shelter Is About to Close. Will Amazon Take Its Place?
On a recent spring evening, a group of mothers at D.C. General Family Homeless Shelter were enjoying the weather,…