On San Francisco, Serial Killers, and Purging the System

The Right Without Wrong

For decades, liberals have hoped for the de-Christianization of the American Right. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

Michel Houellebecq: The Unhappy Oracle

Michel Houellebecq’s chronicles of modern discontent have made him one of the most renowned writers of the century as well as a far-right prophet. Yet liberalism’s fiercest critic still hasn’t found his alternative future.

For Christ’s Sake

American evangelicals have spent millions exporting Christian conservatism to Africa.

 The Hindutva International

The overseas wing of Narendra Modi’s paramilitary organization is raking in members, dollars, and influence around the globe.

Apps Won’t End African Underdevelopment

The promise of digitization in Africa is a ruse.

The Colombian Killing Fields

Colombia recently discovered mass graves in a 150-year-old cemetery in the city of Cúcuta. The bodies, many of which were smuggled in during this century, reveal connections between right-wing militias, business, and the state.

A Tale of Two Lithium Producers

The global market is scrambling to extract Argentine and Chilean lithium. Argentine president Javier Milei has unleashed a frenzy of corporate profit, while Chile’s Gabriel Boric is demanding that his country get its fair share.

Indonesia Turns Right

Indonesia’s new president has a gruesome track record of human rights violations and hostility to democracy. But a slick campaign successfully presented him as a harmless grandpa.

Soldiers of Fortune

In the 1970s, American mercenaries traveled to Angola and Rhodesia, seized by racist, anti-communist dreams and delusions of grandeur.

Their International Brigades

At the height of the Rhodesian Bush War, American mercenaries advertised their forces in the magazine Soldier of Fortune.

Labor Lives to Fight Another Day

When and where organized labor’s been on the move.

The Gender Polarization of US Politics

Young women overwhelmingly support Kamala Harris.

Manifesto Destiny

“National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles” contains ten guiding ideals for the New Right.

Five Books to Understand the Right

We asked scholar Dylan Riley what to read about our political foes.

Guess Who?

The political singularity consumes us all.

We Went to NatCon

At this summer’s National Conservatism Conference, reactionaries — many of whom were close to or worked within the Trump administration — felt the wind was at their backs.

Conversations With Frenemies

Compact’s Sohrab Ahmari is among a group of populists who see a home in a changing Republican Party. We asked him for his perspective on the November election and what comes next.

Atavist Judges

Trump’s appointees hold us all in contempt.

Tell Us What You Really Think

Before J. D. Vance became a booster for Trump, he was a brutal critic.