Atavist Judges
Trump’s appointees hold us all in contempt.
21023 Article(s) by: Gezi Platform NYC
Gezi Platform NYC is an alliance of activists that engage in actions to support public protests in Turkey.
Tell Us What You Really Think
Before J. D. Vance became a booster for Trump, he was a brutal critic.
The Quiet Death of National Review
With the rise of MAGA in the ranks of the GOP, the Right no longer needs a veneer of intellectualism. It no longer needs National Review.
Queens of Conservatism
Few women in the GOP wield real power, but in Europe, women have emerged as some of the far right’s most prominent leaders.
The Original Trump Towers
The Trump family fortune is partly built on postwar New York’s Mitchell-Lama affordable housing program.
Tech Turncoats
Elon Musk isn’t the only Silicon Valley somebody to leave the Dems in the dust.
America’s Darkest Study Abroad Program
Since 9/11, US law enforcement has sent thousands of officers and millions of dollars to Israel, returning with new surveillance technologies and violent policing tactics to try out on American streets.
The Political Street Fighters of Israeli Football
What a rivalry between a powerhouse’s racist hooligans and an idealistic fan-owned club says about who owns the future of Israeli politics.
MAGA’s Europe Correspondent
Eva Vlaardingerbroek is not only pushing Holland rightward. She’s capturing the imagination of reactionaries around the world.
The Nutty ’90s
John Ganz’s When the Clock Broke offers a tour of ’90s politics, from Klansmen strangled on talk shows to a drugged-up George H. W. Bush running for office.
Is Hollywood Still Liberal?
Charting the political orientation of recent blockbuster cinema.
H-Pop
For centuries, working-class musicians have raged against the machine.
One Week in the Mind of Tim Snyder
The historian documents history in real time.
Jacobin Joins the #Resistance
Jacobin Joins the #Resistance
The Bearers of Bad News
The far right just doesn’t read like it used to.
With Newsom’s Veto, Big Tech Beats Democracy
California governor Gavin Newsom just killed the most significant AI safety legislation in the United States. His veto of SB 1047 is the result of a tech industry pressure campaign that puts us all in danger.
Kamala Harris’s Tax Credits Won’t Solve Underinvestment
Last week, Kamala Harris unveiled a woefully inadequate plan to increase investment in industry through tax credits. Workers’ pension funds hold billions in savings that could fund green energy and affordable housing, if only they were democratically run.
Sri Lanka Is Experiencing a Political Earthquake
This month, Sri Lanka elected an avowedly left-wing president for the first time. The new administration will be caught between the expectations of its supporters for change and pressure from the IMF to continue with a destructive austerity program.
The Immortal Ghost of Karl Marx
Liberal critics would love to banish the specter of Karl Marx from political discourse. But his ghost will haunt them for as long as they refuse to confront Marxism’s central insight: the reality of class conflict.
Megalopolis Is Francis Ford Coppola’s Sad Nadir
Francis Ford Coppola was once a real cinematic titan creating indelible experiences at the movies. But Megalopolis, his overstuffed saga of the failing American empire, marks the drastic decline of his powers as a filmmaker.