The Real Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton's record cuts against the claim that she's an ardent champion of women's rights.
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“If You Have Border Installations, People Will Shoot at Them”
Fifty years since British troops were deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland, the peace process is again in danger. The turmoil surrounding Brexit has raised hopes of Irish unity — but also risks a fresh descent into violence.
Chileans Revolted Against Their Constitution. Americans Should Too.
In recent years, Chileans have struggled to overturn their undemocratic political system and write a new constitution. Americans should take Chile’s lead and fight for a new constitution too.
Dark Money Built the Supreme Court’s Radical Conservative Supermajority
A secretive, well-financed dark money network helped build the Supreme Court’s radical conservative supermajority and has been bankrolling its toxic caseload — all to create the appearance of broad-based support for extremist rulings.
The Polish Right Can Be Defeated
The success of Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice Party is alarming, but there is room for left alternatives to grow.
When the Ruling Class Feared Communism
As we commemorate the many horrors of the Cold War, let’s not forget some of the good things it brought us — above all, a frightened ruling class scared into making concessions.
You Get What You Pray For
The ultra-conservative pastor Robert Jeffress preaches white supremacy, misogyny, and homophobia. No wonder Donald Trump loves him.
The Problem with the “Canadian Model”
The successes of Canadian single-payer are overstated — not because of outsized government involvement, but because public provision isn’t generous enough.
Bad Romance
Capitalism is bad at sex because it’s bad at relationships. Socialism can do better.
How Big-Business Lobbyists Are Protecting the Corporate Court
Big business loves the Supreme Court just how it is: on the side of big business. That’s why corporate lobbyists want to stop any possible Supreme Court reforms the Biden administration might consider.
The First Strike
March's Women's Strike was an electric first step towards forging a new feminist movement.
“Texas Is Not a Red State. It Is an Underorganized State.”
Austin City Council member Greg Casar has passed dozens of pieces of progressive legislation in the last 7 years, from paid sick leave law to renters’ protections. Now he says he wants to take federal action on working-class issues by running for Congress.
Labor and Love Under Capital
The real path to liberation isn’t the call to “abolish the family.” It’s through radically transforming traditional family life with reforms that challenge capitalism’s corrosive logic.
Republicans Are Trying to Block Citizen-Led State Ballot Initiatives
Citizen lawmaking through ballot initiatives is becoming an increasingly critical tool to counter minority rule and pass progressive policies. But Republican-led states are moving aggressively to make the ballot initiative process harder to use.
The Center Won’t Hold
Hillary Clinton's selection of Tim Kaine shows how out of touch Democrats are from the country's populist political mood.
Why the Left Misreads Gen Z — and What the Right Sees Clearly
Leftists have celebrated the growing favorability of socialism among young people, but youth politics are more heterodox than they appear.
Capitalism’s Theologian
Michael Novak made his name by providing theological cover for capitalism. The passing of his generation signals a new opening for religious socialism.
Making Politics Possible Again
Poland’s recent uprising against an increasingly authoritarian government offers the opportunity for its left to reassert itself.
Trumpism Will Endure
Donald Trump is gone. But the conditions that gave rise to his brand of noxious politics aren’t going away anytime soon.
A Feminism That Takes to the Streets
Today's Women's Strike is a rebuke to corporate feminism.