A Megachurch for the Glamorous

Blessed with celebrity congregants, the evangelical Hillsong Church was poised to take America by storm before it fell prey to sex scandals. Now megachurch America is following its blue-state blueprint.

The Divine Right

Studying the Holy Scriptures with the leading lights of the GOP.

Issue 53: Misery Index

Crunching the numbers on the class war.

Israel’s Useful Idiots

With the war in Gaza, it seems only one side’s blood and pain gets much attention in the US media.

God Complex

Evangelical Christians are major supporters of Israel — because they think its existence heralds the Second Coming of Christ.

A New Giant of Labor Emerges

Episode 1 of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO explores key developments that led to the CIO’s founding: the split with the AFL, the broken promises of welfare capitalism, the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the mass strikes of 1934.

The Big Red Hymn Book

Some working-class anthems are sung to the tunes of Christian hymns.

The Epoch of the Epoch Times

Their business is attacking China and promoting right-wing political tropes — and business is booming.

On Cocaine, the Church, and Changing Your Name to Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West

On TikTok, Tic-Tac-Toe, and Trying (and Failing) to Be on the Right Side of History

Prosperity Gospel

The Bible’s actual takes on wealth are not what you might think.

A Biden Envoy to the Pacific Had Major Conflicts of Interest

When Joseph Yun was the chief US negotiator in the Pacific, he also led talks that are likely to deliver a lucrative advantage to the consulting firm where he currently works and the powerful defense contractor it represents in the region.

Netanyahu Has Brought Us to the Brink of War With Iran

The terrifying escalation of attacks between Israel and Iran is a predictable result of Benjamin Netanyahu’s clear desire to start a war with Iran — enabled, like everything else Netanyahu has done since October 7, by Joe Biden.

Édouard Louis: Your Identity Isn’t Private Property

Author Édouard Louis was asked if he thought someone lacking his experience of homophobia could stage a theater adaptation of one of his books. In his response, he argues against a restrictive idea of identity as a property some of us own.

Workers, Not Technocrats, Can Secure a Sustainable Planet

Liberals believe that the greatest obstacle to necessary climate intervention is a lack of social awareness and professional leadership. The real problem is the absence of a militant, worker-led climate stabilization program.

Keir Starmer’s Leadership Is Deeply Antidemocratic

The Labour Party’s online voting system appears open to tampering — and some left-wing candidates claim it’s been systematically rigged. If true, these allegations would mark a new low for party democracy under Keir Starmer.

The Outsize Influence of Small Wars

The small wars waged by European empires generated arguments for the legitimacy of state violence that remain in use today. Lauren Benton’s new book, They Called it Peace, finds that the era of gunboat policing anticipated the age of the predator drone.

America’s Last Violent Strike Has Been Wrongly Forgotten

The 1937 Little Steel strike is often dismissed as a failure and relegated to a footnote. But it was a courageous organizing effort and a crucial moment in US labor history — revealing the limits of the New Deal order and the deepest dynamics of capitalism.

Daimler Truck Workers Are Strike-Ready in the Anti-Union South

The South has long been the Achilles heel of the American labor movement. The United Auto Workers are trying to make inroads — including with a heated contract fight between workers and bosses at the multinational corporation Daimler Truck North America.

Biden’s Attempt to Get Tough on Netanyahu Quietly Failed

Nothing Joe Biden has done to rein in Benjamin Netanyahu’s brutality against the people of Gaza has worked. Biden has proven too weak, indecisive, and indulgent of Israel to even induce Netanyahu into making small tweaks to his behavior.