Yale’s Bad History

What happens when a history professor at Yale opposes a grad union but doesn’t know her history?

The Tragedy of Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis Schlafly’s anti-feminism denied women like herself the full measure of their talents.

Corruption at CUNY

Corruption shouldn’t just worry centrist, “good government” types. It can destroy the institutions the Left cherishes.

The Republican Crack-Up

Trump is only a symptom — the seeds of the GOP’s decline were sown long ago.

The Conservative Movement Has No Decency

Framing Donald Trump as an indecent anomaly exonerates the movement and party that produced him.

From Reagan to Trump

Donald Trump’s brand of reaction is particularly noxious, but it sits comfortably in the Reagan tradition.

Tim Kaine, and Other Faith-Based Politics

It’s not just that Clinton’s vice presidential pick is terrible, it’s being sold as a triumph.

My Resistance to Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel helped turn the horrors of the Holocaust into an industry of manipulative sentimentality.

President Trump?

Donald Trump is a vile demagogue — but he’s not as powerful as the Democratic Party wants you to believe.

The Big-Donor Math

Wealthy donors are confident that whichever party wins the presidency, their interests will be secure.

Degrees of Austerity

Inside the budget crisis affecting the largest urban university in the United States and the half million students it serves.

The Coming Consensus

Love Me, Love Me, I’m a Leninist

From Nixon to Clinton

Pundits have been drawing the wrong comparisons for months: Hillary Clinton is a modern-day Richard Nixon.

More Than An Epithet

What Jonathan Chait doesn’t get about neoliberalism.

The First Neoliberals

How free-market disciples and union busters became the prophets of American liberalism.

Magical Realism, and Other Neoliberal Delusions

Ten observations on the presidential race and the state of American politics.

The Coming Left-Wing Majority

More and more young people are rejecting the politics of fear and moving left.

Agency and Abortion

What Donald Trump can learn from Frederick Douglass.

The Bernie Generation

The millennials who support Bernie Sanders have low expectations but high hopes.