Ari Paul is a journalist in New York City who has covered politics for the Nation, VICE News, the Guardian, the Forward, the New York Observer, Al Jazeera America, and the Brooklyn Rail.
News coverage of the antiabortion movement tends to omit its history of violence. So we’re here to remind you: the antiabortion right has a violent track record, from attacking clinics and patients to assassinating abortion providers.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo is facing mounting calls to resign or face impeachment amid new sexual harassment revelations. It’s long overdue: Cuomo isn’t just a bully to women, he’s an attack dog for the corporate elite.
Unable to contest the Democratic Socialists of America’s progressive agenda on issues like affordable housing, the New York Democratic Party has resorted to the absurd smearing of socialists as antisemitic. Unfortunately for them, it’s not going to work.
The mainstream press loves attacking Bernie Sanders for either being too Jewish or not Jewish enough. It’s a cynical ploy to undermine his unapologetically left-wing campaign.
Bill de Blasio is welcoming Amazon to New York City with open arms — proving that his progressive reputation was always a sham.
Richard Trumka’s strategy of working with Trump to win concessions for labor was always a naive one.
The Egyptian state’s crackdown on labor is a naked attempt to quash the force behind the Tahrir Square revolution.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s war against BDS is an effort to isolate and suppress the Democratic Party’s left-wing critics.
Michael Bloomberg’s potential presidential run is the latest sign elites are rattled.
“Right-to-work” is coming to the public sector. The key to survival is social movement unionism.
The labor movement should rally against police violence, whether police unions like it or not.
Homelessness isn’t an accident. It’s the result of a brutal economic system and conscious state policy.
The Freelancers Union treats workers like consumers of the services they provide. It doesn’t deserve to be called a union.
Mike Rowe wants Americans to get interested in blue-collar jobs, but for all the wrong reasons.
Bill de Blasio has reduced the use of stop-and-frisk, but he still supports the kind of policing that led to Eric Garner’s death.
Howie Hawkins’ campaign for governor is part of a renewed vision of electoral activism on the Left.
Bill de Blasio’s recent housing deals give some insight into what the Left is up against in New York, even with a progressive mayor.
The left hopes to push a de Blasio administration, but his police commissioner may not budge.
The WFP could have been a viable progressive force, but it lacked confidence in its own agenda.
Bill de Blasio is no radical, but his election may be a sign that space is opening up for the left in New York City.