Out of Left Field
Major league baseball has a long but little-known history of rebels, reformers, and radicals.
21063 Article(s) by: Elizabeth Mahony
New York Mag’s Climate Disaster Porn Gets It Painfully Wrong
The real climate danger is that a vicious right-wing minority will impose an order that privileges the affluent few over everyone else.
The Pitfalls of Radical Feminism
Fighting capitalism remains the only path toward women’s full liberation.
Being Honest About Venezuela
As Nicolás Maduro’s increasingly antidemocratic government battles violent right-wing forces, ordinary Venezuelans are watching the gains of Chavismo slip away.
The American AKP
The Republican Party has more in common with Erdoğan’s increasingly authoritarian AKP than GOP leaders would like to admit.
The Little Democratic Strategist That Could(n’t)
Mark Penn wants Democrats to move to the center. But the only thing the failed strategist is qualified to offer advice on is how to lose.
Labor’s Last Chance for Solidarity
Many unions responded to past attacks by abandoning the rest of the working class. To fight Trump, that won’t cut it.
The Hard Green Line
The Canadian Green Party’s fight against pro-union legislation shows the dangers of an environmentalism that’s not rooted in the working class.
Morocco’s Burgeoning Resistance
In Northeast Morocco’s mass protests for “a university, hospital, and work,” a liberatory vision of Islam has played a key role.
USAID’s Trojan Horse
Behind the heartwarming photo ops, USAID’s projects in El Salvador are stealthily advancing the interests of the Salvadoran corporate class.
Labor’s Legitimacy Crisis Under Trump
Unions are under unprecedented attack under Trump. But labor can rebuild itself — if it chooses to.
An English Rust Belt?
To win power, Corbynism must challenge a creeping conservative presence in England’s former industrial heartlands.
An Independence Day Alternative
How the “enlightened” leaders of the early US disregarded an Independence Day oration and set in motion indigenous peoples’ brutalization.
Toward a Marxist Interpretation of the US Constitution
The US Constitution inaugurated a social order that benefits property owners and makes a mockery of equal rights.
The Democrats Are Eisenhower Republicans
For decades, Democrats have positioned themselves as guardians of fiscal responsibility while Republicans happily hand tax cuts to the rich.
We Need a Medicare for All March on Washington
Both parties aren’t addressing our health care needs — now is the time for socialists to lead a national Medicare for All campaign.
After the Elections
The French left’s task is clear: build a coherent majority that can work together to change society.
Standardizing Wales
The recent history of education reform in Wales serves as a cautionary tale for educators everywhere.
“Having America Care About You Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing”
The war in Afghanistan is already the longest in US history. And now Trump is considering sending more troops.
Cleaning Toilets for Jesus
Inside the program teaching submission to capitalism as a divine duty.