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Donald Trump’s Golden Dome Is a Ridiculous Boondoggle
Donald Trump remains all in on the Golden Dome project, the latest effort to create a missile defense shield, despite evidence that it will do next to nothing to defend us from nuclear attack. But it will mean a giant payday for weapons contractors.
Private Equity’s New Venture: Youth Sports
Backed by Wall Street, the company Black Bear Sports Group is tightening its grip on youth sports. In a scheme only private equity could dream up, parents now can’t record their kids’ games — but they can pay a steep price to watch corporate recordings.
The Only Thing Holding Architects Back Is Themselves
When architects and designers understand themselves as workers in need of unions, they can take advantage of political breakthroughs like Zohran Mamdani’s recent mayoral win to use their skills to advance a vision of the built environment for the many.
Can Canada’s NDP Step Back From the Brink of Electoral Ruin?
The leadership race in Canada’s New Democratic Party has exposed fractures between workers and professionals and between leader-driven branding and party democracy. Its survival as a serious left-wing force depends on successfully navigating these divides.
Last night in Brooklyn, after his win in New York’s mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani gave a victory speech that quoted Eugene Debs, directly challenged Donald Trump, and laid out a vision for a New York City transformed. We reprint it here in full.
Franco’s Hometown Struggles With an Inglorious Past
Fifty years after Francisco Franco’s death, Spain is still reckoning with the legacy of dictatorship. Few places are more iconic of its struggle over identity than Franco’s hometown of Ferrol.
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed to Have Meddled in Israel’s Elections
Newly released files show Jeffrey Epstein claiming to have been involved in Ehud Barak’s 2019 election challenge to Benjamin Netanyahu. It’s well past time to ask questions about the billionaire pedophile’s links to Israel.
Marxism Is Not Socialism on Steroids
In raising the alarm about New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Senator Ted Cruz said Mamdani is not just a mere socialist. No, he’s something far more extreme: a Marxist. Cruz is very confused about what the terms Marxism and socialism mean.
First Raze Gaza, Then Build a Playground for Global Capital
Profit-hungry developers, Gulf monarchs, Donald Trump, Tony Blair, and the Israeli far right are all united in their vision for Gaza: a tech-fueled special economic zone governed by billionaires, with no question of self-determination for Palestinians.
Labor organizing can’t succeed at scale without a supportive legal and political environment, created by majoritarian coalitions that can win reforms, confront corporate power, and prove to skeptical workers that progressive governance delivers.
Next After Electing Zohran Mamdani: Taxing the Rich
For New York City socialists, electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor was the first step. The second, enacting his agenda, requires a successful state-level campaign pressuring Gov. Kathy Hochul to raise taxes on the wealthy.
Starbucks Workers Strike Against Foot-Dragging in Bargaining
After years of scorched-earth union-busting and stonewalling tactics by their bosses, Starbucks workers are trying to get their union drive and contract negotiations unstuck through a nationwide strike.
Zygmunt Bauman’s Century
Polish-British sociologist Zygmunt Bauman was born 100 years ago today. He is best known as the theorist of “liquid modernity,” in which social bonds decline in favor of an atomized individualism.
Abundance and the Left
Ezra Klein talks with Bhaskar Sunkara about Abundance, Zohran Mamdani’s victory, and why progressives need a state that works at the speed of their ambitions.