Commentators are pinning low fertility rates on everything from feminism to smartphones. But they miss one glaring factor: capitalism, an economic system predicated on individual autonomy and naked self-interest whose incentives run counter to child-rearing.
A Socialist Is Taking on the Dem Establishment in Syracuse
Socialist Maurice Brown has served as a county legislator in the Syracuse area since 2023. Now he is running to replace one of the New York State Assembly’s longest-serving members, who Brown describes as an obstacle to progressive change.
Spider-Noir Is Just Another Night in Noirtown
Nicolas Cage’s black-and-white Spider-Man spin-off, Spider-Noir, recycles all of the tropes of the classic 1940s film genre. But all the femme fatales and wise-cracking detectives can’t keep Spider-Noir from feeling like a lifeless museum piece.
Donald Trump Is the Most Corrupt President in US History
There are so many insane things happening at any given moment under Donald Trump that it can be easy to forget that this is the most spasmodic, scandal-plagued presidential administration the United States has ever seen.
Gaza Was the Last Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Atlanticism
Since the end of the Cold War, European and US liberals have claimed to defend a “rules-based international order.” Often a fiction, even the pretense has now vanished under the rubble of Gaza.
Socialism cannot mean merely managing capitalism more fairly. It must point toward a society where survival is no longer contingent on the market — and where democracy extends into the economy itself.
In San Francisco, a Divided Left Eyes Nancy Pelosi’s Seat
Two progressives — Justice Democrats cofounder Saikat Chakrabarti and union-backed city hall veteran Connie Chan — are fighting to advance past the primary for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat. Their race has become a referendum on the SF left’s future.
In Colombia, the Fight Is Still On
Far-right Abelardo de la Espriella topped the first round of Colombia’s presidential election. Left-wing senator Iván Cepeda is still in the race but now has to find support outside the ruling party’s core vote.
Judge Platner’s Character by How He Fights the Oligarchs
The fact that Graham Platner still holds a general election lead amid scandalous personal revelations should give us hope. Voters may be shifting to judge politicians more on their willingness to take on economic inequality and war than their private lives.
Democratic Dark Money PACs Are Taking Aim at Progressives
While outwardly neutral, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been quietly putting his thumb on the scale in the Iowa Senate primary, with millions in PAC money flowing only toward the establishment-friendly candidate.
Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power. Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
Getting Beyond the Politics of Powerlessness
Too many of us in left politics today have a deep-seated resistance to seeking, taking, and wielding power. We have to overcome that resistance.
The USA Is Living Under Political Capitalism
The form of capitalism we currently live under is one in which wealth extraction depends increasingly less on market power and more on political maneuvering.
American Communists Did a Lot Right and a Lot Wrong
Members of the Communist Party USA in its heyday were much more complicated than the stereotypes of them, shaped so strongly by rabid anti-communism, in our country’s imagination. Today’s socialists should closely examine their track record.
NYC Socialists Are Trying to Expand Their Electoral Wins
Months after electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor, New York democratic socialists have an ambitious slate of candidates for this month’s Democratic primaries: one for the state legislature in Buffalo, seven in the city, and two for Congress.