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Issue 62: Dossier
A little bit of judicial review never hurt anyone.
Issue 62: The Internet Speaks
Dispatches from the greatest revolutionary thinkers of our time.
Issue 62: Letters
Some of our comrades have become dizzy with success.
Disclosure Day Is the Big Fat Spielberg Summer Movie We Need
Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day is corny and cluttered. But in these dark days, a classic Spielberg summer movie about aliens is just what the doctor ordered.
The Soul of AI and the Future of Humankind
AI evangelists prophesy an evolutionary step forward for humankind. Whatever enthusiasm that vision inspires must be tempered by skepticism and demands for democratic control.
Aparna Raj Demands Housing Justice in DC
From rent strikes to the fight for DC statehood, Aparna Raj is bringing a movement‑driven socialist politics to a city council race defined by displacement and inequality.
ICE Is Targeting the Lawyers of Immigrant Children
After freezing payments and demanding client data, the Trump administration attempted to raid the nonprofit offices of attorneys for unaccompanied immigrant children last week as its anti-migrant campaign increasingly turns its focus toward minors.
How Penn Graduate Workers Got Their Union Contract
As workers at the University of Pennsylvania pursued a first contract, Trump’s second presidency rendered the administration cowed, the labor board unreliable, and international workers afraid. The antidote: high-participation, worker-led organizing.
Europe Doesn’t Know How to Respond to China
The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas says Europe needs to take painful steps to overcome the “cancer” of dependency on China. The EU is talking about protectionism, but in reality its firms are addicted to low-wage labor outside the bloc.
The Super-Elite Is Tightening Its Grip on Combat Sports
Beneath the spectacle of fighters beating each other bloody on the White House South Lawn, fight promoters, tech billionaires, and the Saudi government are working to concentrate wealth and power in fewer, richer hands.
The Other Side of China’s Economic Miracle
China has witnessed the greatest stretch of growth and poverty alleviation in human history, made possible by the brutal exploitation of millions of workers. A new book recounts one of their lives, offering a glimpse into the dark side of China’s success.