Zohran Mamdani’s 5 Lessons for the Democrats
Zohran Mamdani does not operate by the same logic as the Democratic Party establishment. Waleed Shahid explains five key aspects of how Mamdani has broken through.
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My Time in Mexico’s Largest Immigration Detention Center
Nabbed at the airport, I was thrown into Mexico’s largest immigration detention center. There I learned from my fellow detainees about the terrible secrets and horrible violence of the Darién Gap, the global epicenter of the migrant crisis.
Adam Silver Is on a One-Man Mission to Ruin the NBA
Adam Silver became the NBA commissioner in 2014. Since then, he has wholeheartedly embraced sports gambling while making games harder for ordinary people to watch.
Donald Trump Is Bailing Out Javier Milei’s Austerity Regime
As Washington shuts down and safety nets vanish, Donald Trump is sending billions to rescue Argentina’s far-right government. Argentine pensioners, driven into poverty by Javier Milei’s cuts, are in the streets demanding survival.
Shawn Fain: “Solidarity Doesn’t Stop at the Border”
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain lays out the union’s vision for rewriting trade rules, raising wages across North America, and challenging the race to the bottom.
The Political Economy of “Make Argentina Default Again”
Donald Trump’s $20 billion bailout of Argentina will extend a failing model of dollar dependency and austerity. By shoring up Javier Milei’s government, it basically guarantees another default.
The World After American Decline
Donald Trump has abandoned the project of neoliberal globalization in a desperate bid to reverse America’s decline. It’s cut the ground from underneath Washington’s junior partners and left the European Union floundering.
Socialists Must Aim for More Than Redistribution
Beyond the basic project of redistribution lies a more ambitious undertaking: What if we could collectively decide what society produces, instead of letting market logic dictate our needs and desires?
Emmanuel Macron Isn’t Really Halting Retirement Reform
France’s government has survived a confidence vote thanks to the Parti Socialiste’s abstention. While Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu promises to suspend unpopular changes to pensions, unions object that the retirement age hike has merely been delayed.
The Red Scare Is American Past and Present
If we want to understand how we arrived in this authoritarian moment in 2025, we need to understand one of the central pathways that brought us here: McCarthyism.
What Is Tim Dillon Doing?
The Tim Dillon Show is disorienting and disturbing. It also has a massive audience, to whom it reflects back the disorientation and disturbance of contemporary society in pseudo-personalized form.
The Women Who Fought Japan’s Empire
Japanese colonialism is infamous for its brutalization of women, abducted and forced into sex slavery. Less known is women’s role in fighting against the Japanese Empire, brilliantly brought to life in two recent novels.