Tell Us What You Really Think

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

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.

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.

Five Books to Understand the Right

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

The Gender Polarization of US Politics

Young women overwhelmingly support Kamala Harris.

A Matter of Degrees

Trump’s strength with non-college-educated voters is sinking progressives.

A Return to Gompers

Labor Lives to Fight Another Day

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

Their International Brigades

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

The Same Old Song and Dance

Except this time, a bit more off-key than usual.

Issue 55: Letters + The Internet Speaks

We read the criticism. But we’re not going to stop publishing the bullshit.

On Conservative Womanhood, Calibers of Guns, and Quiverfuls of Children

On San Francisco, Serial Killers, and Purging the System

On Patriotism, Pitching Ball, and the Best Presidents in American History

Eric Adams Never Had a Mandate

The federal corruption indictment against New York mayor Eric Adams suggests his victory didn’t reflect a popular consensus on law and order and austerity — it was a product of alleged straw donor fraud that gave him a huge cash advantage in a tight primary.

The Fredric Jameson I Knew

The cultural critic Fredric Jameson died on September 22, leaving behind a body of work of incomparable breadth and sophistication. Robert Tally, a critic and former student of Jameson’s, reflects on what he was like as an intellectual, teacher, and friend.

Sahra Wagenknecht’s Party Is a Bad Example for the Left

In Germany, the new Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance has scored well in its first electoral tests. Its burial of class politics and imitation of right-wing positions on migration show why its rise isn’t good news for the Left.

Netanyahu Has to Be Forced to Stop

The only way to stop a bloody and electorally disastrous regional war in the Middle East is for President Joe Biden to do the one thing he wants to avoid: cut off military aid to Israel.

Eric Adams’s Indictment Creates an Opening for the Left

Whether Eric Adams resigns as New York mayor or not, the city’s left will have an opportunity to set the narrative of the mayoral election next year — something it failed to do in 2021.

How US Trade Unionists Opposed the Dirty War in El Salvador

The Reagan administration enlisted the AFL-CIO to provide cover for its bloody campaign against the Left in Central America. But progressive forces in US labor took a stand in solidarity with trade unionists facing murderous repression in El Salvador.