Voters quite simply do not like the Democrats. The Democratic Party brand is complete trash. Although the structural barriers to a break from the Dems are real, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.
Stop Yapping and Pay New Parents
Is “girlboss feminism” responsible for declining birth rates? Are endocrine disruptors lowering teenage boys’ sperm counts? Stop asking ridiculous questions designed to stir up the culture wars and start figuring out how to put cash in new parents’ pockets.
Backrooms and Obsession Are Glimpses of a Better Hollywood
Two indie horror movies with YouTube origins, Obsession and Backrooms, crushed big-budget Star Wars and He-Man movies at the box office. But claims that these films represent a revival of cinematic creativity à la the New Hollywood era are overblown.
How Not to Write About Class
For over a decade, Édouard Louis has been one of France’s most perceptive writers on his country’s working class. But as he has drifted away from this milieu, he has swapped clear-eyed analysis for cliché-ridden romanticization of the suffering poor.
Trump’s Bet on Stablecoins Puts the Financial System at Risk
US government enthusiasm about the cryptocurrency known as stablecoins is about more than Trumpian corruption or industry lobbying. It’s an attempt to lower federal borrowing costs — one that may undermine the financial system’s stability in the long run.
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.
Uber and Lyft Are Set to Win Legal Immunity for Crashes
Rideshare apps Uber and Lyft are battling thousands of injury and sexual assault lawsuits. A must-pass transportation bill in Congress includes an industry-friendly carveout that would give the companies legal immunity from car crashes and injuries.
Teamsters for a Democratic Union Leaders Explain Their Strategy
As the union reform organization Teamsters for a Democratic Union turns 50, we spoke to its cochairs about their work building rank-and-file power inside one of the most important unions in the United States.
New York Democrats Marched With Israeli Fascists
Democrats say they are a bulwark against rising authoritarianism. Why, then, did some of New York’s most powerful Democratic leaders like Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sen. Chuck Schumer march with war criminals and self-described fascists from Israel?
How to Democratize the United States
Donald Trump’s authoritarianism has been enabled by long-standing antidemocratic features of the US state — the same features that have time and again blocked pro-worker policies. The Left needs a serious program aimed at democratizing our political system.
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.
The UFC Is Debasing Itself for Donald Trump
The Freedom 250 mixed martial arts event at the White House will be a new low for the UFC and its president, Dana White. After campaigning for Donald Trump in 2024, White is now turning the sport he runs into a propaganda prop for Trump’s 80th birthday.
His Rivals Wrote Him Off, but Jean-Luc Mélenchon Is Back
Critics of French left-winger Jean-Luc Mélenchon have repeatedly claimed that he’s finished. But as he launches his latest presidential campaign, his popularity among working-class and minority voters is again making him a real contender.
Yemen Could Be Sucked Into the US War on Iran
Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement has held back so far from full-scale involvement in the conflict between the US and its Iranian allies. But with ceasefire talks seemingly close to collapse, Yemen could be drawn into any renewed outbreak of war.
Everyone Loves the Knicks. Everyone Hates James Dolan.
The awful billionaire James Dolan’s stranglehold on one of sports’ greatest franchises is holding the New York Knicks back. The solution? Yes, that’s right: public ownership of the Knicks.