Donald Trump, Stand-Up Comic
Donald Trump is a skilled comedian whose “gaffes” are often intended to be funny — and his appeal can’t be understood without this fact.
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The Rise of a New Right
David Austin Walsh, a historian of American conservatism, talks to Jacobin about J. D. Vance, Project 2025, and the New Right’s political theory.
Issue 55: Letters + The Internet Speaks
We read the criticism. But we’re not going to stop publishing the bullshit.
Their International Brigades
At the height of the Rhodesian Bush War, American mercenaries advertised their forces in the magazine Soldier of Fortune.
Labor Lives to Fight Another Day
When and where organized labor’s been on the move.
The Gender Polarization of US Politics
Young women overwhelmingly support Kamala Harris.
Manifesto Destiny
“National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles” contains ten guiding ideals for the New Right.
Five Books to Understand the Right
We asked scholar Dylan Riley what to read about our political foes.
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.
Tell Us What You Really Think
Before J. D. Vance became a booster for Trump, he was a brutal critic.
For Christ’s Sake
American evangelicals have spent millions exporting Christian conservatism to Africa.