Figures at top AI firms says that their frontier models are running out of control. It points to a problem Big Tech finds harder to admit: the rise of a predatory computational power driven solely by profit-seeking.
How Cultural Marxism Became a Right-Wing Obsession
The term “cultural Marxism” has become one of the main rallying cries for the international right. This lurid conspiracy theory about the influence of the Frankfurt School has little connection to reality, but that doesn’t make it any less dangerous.
Self-Determination Is the Core Palestinian Demand
In Israel’s recent elections, Palestinians in Israel voted in unprecedented numbers — using one of the last remaining means at their disposal to challenge Israeli Jewish politics.
Abdul El-Sayed’s Sports Fluency Is a Political Asset
Abdul El-Sayed’s ease in talking sports built rapport with skeptical voters and defies the stereotype of progressives hating what average people find fun. His knack for finding common ground is central to his broad political appeal.
Kurds Have Become Britain’s Latest Demonized Migrants
During the war against ISIS, the Kurds were feted in Britain as heroes. Today the stateless Kurdish population is increasingly demonized as a source of illegal immigrants and people smugglers.
Is Trump Crashing the Dollar Empire?
Economist Mona Ali on how the United States wields the world’s most powerful currency to shore up empire and its own ruling class — and how Trump’s careless moves might blow it all up.
The real choice is not between globalization and deglobalization, free trade and tariff walls, but between empowering capital and empowering workers.
Capitalism Is More Than a Legal Regime
Katharina Pistor argues that capitalism is a legal regime we can transform by rewiring private law. But a reform program that ignores the wage relation and the exploitation of labor will leave the core of capitalism untouched.
What Ballot Measures Told Us About America
Last week’s votes on taxing billionaires, abortion and trans rights, and divestment from Israel offer a window into the American electorate’s political mood.
Trump Is Still Attacking Vets’ Health Care
Unlike other Trump administration officials who have gotten, or may soon get, the axe, Veteran Affairs head Doug Collins seems safe in his position. In the absence of legislative and grassroots pushback, he is set to continue dismantling the VA.
A Sewer Socialist Proposal for the Climate: PowerNYC
PowerNYC, a public clean energy developer in New York, could be Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s climate engine, lowering costs and creating a more resilient, greener electricity grid for New Yorkers.
Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s Empire became a campus sensation because it offered a master theory for globalization at a moment when old Marxist categories seemed exhausted. But the capitalist internationalism they saw as permanent has now crashed and burned.
Trump’s Midterm Rout Didn’t End the Threat From J. D. Vance
President Trump’s midterm debacle has weakened the entire MAGA camp. But J. D. Vance, a more disciplined and more ideological far-right figure, is already positioning himself to inherit the movement in 2028.
Whatever Centrists Say, the Left Won Big in the Midterms
Don’t allow centrists to change the terms of debate and the metrics of success. Last week’s midterms saw victories for socialists and other progressives that will allow the Left to grow in the months and years to come.
Providence Built a Winning Movement to Divest From Israel
Providence, Rhode Island, is now the largest US city to divest from Israel and the first to enact a divestment law through popular vote. An organizer on the campaign explains how they did it alongside campaigning for socialist elected officials.
Wild Horse Nine Skewers the Dangerous Fools Behind US Empire
Wild Horse Nine is an irreverent portrait of the dopes who traffic in violence against democracy around the world, all in the service of US empire. But the connection between human callousness and evil has flown over the heads of some critics.