Adolph Reed is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump’s popularity may be waning, but the political-economic conditions that gave rise to Trumpism remain, Adolph Reed argues. To defeat the Right, the Left needs to rebuild durable working-class organization and a universalistic politics.
The black population in the United States is roughly the size of the population of Spain. Yet too many ignore class differences and political complexities among millions of African Americans.
A reply to Seth Ackerman
The casino workers' strike at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino is a defining battle for American labor.
Adolph Reed on assumptions about black voters, the legacy of the Sanders campaign, and the task ahead.
We shouldn’t reduce historical narratives solely to questions of black agency. It’s bad history — and can lead to even worse politics.
The problem isn’t just voting for Democrats, it's letting a rightward-moving Democratic Party set the Left’s political horizons.