Results and Prospects: Q4 2016
With Trump in office, we need resistance, but also a credible alternative.
20389 Article(s) by: Julia Goodman
No Money, Mo’ Problems
We didn’t predict Trump, but we’re bound to get things right soon.
Discover the Networks
The new GOP is fueled by some old think tanks.
Coulterland
Buying these books really messed up our Amazon recommendation algorithm.
What Social Democracy Delivers
Ted Cruz is wrong. Workers in more social-democratic countries are richer and freer than in the US.
The Roots of Terrorism
US atrocities at home and abroad foster support for terrorist groups.
The Housing Crisis Is Not Inevitable
New York City can’t tackle its housing crisis without taking on real estate speculation.
Here We Go Again
The South Korea Olympics will kick off one year today. Will they face the same popular resistance as Rio?
Revolution Without Compromise
Before Marx, there was Auguste Blanqui.
Why We Counter-Protest
Ignoring the anti-abortion right has not made it go away.
Pharmageddon
The Left should push rising popular outrage at drug companies’ extortionate prices to its tipping point.
Jeff Sessions and the Islamophobia Industry
Trump’s pick for attorney general has close ties to the worst of the Islamophobic far right.
Let’s Get to Work
“Salting” built the early American labor movement — and it can revive it today.
The World According to Bannon
Steve Bannon’s vision of civilizational crisis and violent renewal has deep roots in the American political tradition.
The Syrian Uprising: Six Years On
With Trump in office, Syrians face a desperate and uncertain future.
The Great God Trump and the White Working Class
The political and social war that is now inevitable in the United States could shape the character of the rest of the century.
You Can’t Fake It
A general strike could transform American politics. But we’re nowhere near being able to call one.
Who’s Calling the Shots?
Trump wants to seem all-powerful, but big business has a lot of leverage over his administration.
Al Qaeda’s Favorite President
For ISIS and Al Qaeda, Trump’s foreign policy is the gift that keeps on giving.
Bad and Bourgeois
The super-rich talk to one another about a rising tide lifting all boats, all the while arming their yachts ahead of potential crisis.