19529 Articles by: Opal Lee
Opal Lee is a writer.
Five Books on the Democrats and Labor
We asked scholar Eric Blanc to recommend reading on the party’s contentious relationship to the trade union movement.
The Obama-Industrial Complex
Since leaving the White House, Barack Obama has been hard at work in Hollywood with his production company, Higher Ground, which signed a “high eight-figure deal” with Netflix.
The Green Trade War
Will the West’s record tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles support clean jobs or undermine the global green transition?
Can the Eastern German Center Hold?
The center managed to keep the far right at bay in most of eastern Germany’s recent state elections, but the victory may be short-lived.
Disputed Port-au-Prince
Haiti’s capital is in the throes of intense gang warfare.
The Republic of Chaebol Dramas
The South Korean dramas that have hooked viewers around the world combine stark depictions of brutal inequality with opulent commodity fetishism.
American Dockworkers Fought Apartheid in South Africa
Forty years ago, San Francisco dockworkers struck a blow against apartheid by refusing to unload cargo from South Africa.
Cocoa’s Bittersweet Surge
Speculators and supply shocks have sent cocoa prices through the roof — but West African farmers aren’t getting to taste the profits.
Inflation Kills Governments
Economist Isabella Weber explains where the inflation surge came from and why the Biden administration struggled to beat it.
Why Is X Showing Me Ben Shapiro Posts?
Twitter’s algorithm has been slanted against the Left for years.
Kamala Wanted to Kill You
In an effort to appeal to . . . someone, the Democrats put their bloodlust on display during Harris-Walz 2024.
The Mild West
Acclaimed political drama The West Wing gave a generation of liberals brain worms.
Better Get Back to Building
Bidenomics wasn’t ambitious enough, but the solution isn’t just more welfare.
Issue 56: Dossier
DEI jargon to get you that university appointment.
Tony Blair, Poptimist
When neoliberals went to war against the Labor Party’s historic socialist campaign anthem.
Release the Platitudes
In the recent work of Nick Cave, artistic and political centrism have become increasingly fused.
Pointing Fingers
Liberal media pundits search for someone to blame.