In Defense of “Entitlements”
Liberals fear the term “entitlements,” but that's language the Left should claim.
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When a Fight Against Sexual Assault Bolstered Mass Incarceration
A new documentary revisits Stanford student Brock Turner, who was convicted of sexual assault but served only three months in jail. Feminists led a recall effort against the case’s judge — but actually led judges to favor harsher sentencing across California.
Who’s the Bad Actor?
Israel is beating Iran and Hezbollah hands down on the "bad activities" front.
The Canadian State Is Euthanizing Its Poor and Disabled
Canada boasts one of the world’s highest assisted-death rates, supposedly enabling the terminally ill to die with dignity. However, this suicide program increasingly resembles a dystopian replacement for care services, exchanging social welfare for euthanasia.
The New Right Wants Activist Judges to Rule, Not the People
Liberal “anti-populists” often portray grassroots democracy as more a threat than an asset. But as reactionaries turn to judges to win their political battles for them, it’s time the Left got serious about putting power in the hands of the majority.
Kamala Harris’s Tax Credits Won’t Solve Underinvestment
Last week, Kamala Harris unveiled a woefully inadequate plan to increase investment in industry through tax credits. Workers’ pension funds hold billions in savings that could fund green energy and affordable housing, if only they were democratically run.
Donald Trump Is a Terrible Person. But He Won’t Be Beaten on That Basis Alone.
Even Donald Trump’s supporters know he is a terrible person. To ensure his resounding defeat, Democrats need to focus on bread-and-butter economic issues.
After The Feminine Mystique
Friedan’s book is ideologically safe by comparison to the full body of feminist writings.
The Jerry Lewis of International Diplomacy
Is Trump’s foreign policy the work of an incompetent ignoramus or a strategic genius? The answer may surprise you.
No Beauty in Defeat
The Spanish Civil War ended 80 years ago today with Franco's victory. But for opponents of Spanish fascism, the brutal repression of popular culture and democracy was only beginning.
Obama Is No Coward
President Obama didn't fail because he lacks courage. He failed because he represents the country's most powerful interests.
Capitalists Can’t Save Us From Capitalism
From Otto von Bismarck to Joe Biden, capitalist politicians have tried to cure the system’s ills without transforming society. But it takes socialists to really change the world for the better.
Resistance Was Ghassan Kanafani’s Only Story
Novelist Ghassan Kanafani was assassinated by Mossad agents this week over 50 years ago. Exiled as a child during the Nakba, he would never return to Palestine — except in his fiction.
Congress Must Investigate War Profiteers Once Again
Ninety years after the original Nye Committee exposed the arms industry’s corruption, the Pentagon and its contractors are bigger, richer, and more unaccountable than ever.
Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Stand By Cea Weaver
The failed push to sink Zohran Mamdani’s appointment of tenant organizer Cea Weaver was an attempt to remove a highly effective advocate for renters, who landlords and the real estate industry hate because she has consistently defeated them.
J. D. Vance Is Summoning the John Birch Society
Far from a novel form of populism, J. D. Vance’s appeals are indistinguishable from the economic vision of the 1970s John Birch Society.
The Used Car Market Is Imploding
Huge bankruptcies for used car firms have exposed Wall Street’s entanglement with the sector. Far from derisking after the Great Recession, banks rebuilt the economy on obscure financial intermediaries that are now sinking.
The Supreme Court Isn’t Coming for Your Condoms — It’s Coming for Economic Regulation
After Dobbs, liberals are warning of a Supreme Court assault on personal liberties like sexual autonomy, contraception, and even interracial marriage. But the court actually has its sights on social and labor protections — and progressives are unprepared.
America’s Schools Are Overheating as Climate Change Cranks the Thermostat
Our resource-starved public education system is not equipped to handle the increasingly extreme heat, condemning students and teachers to sweltering classrooms. New school infrastructure is an urgent priority if we want to have a functional education system.
Hate Petty Bureaucracy? Become a Socialist.
Right-wingers oppose social programs like Medicare for All on the grounds that they create "powerful new bureaucracies." But it’s means-tested benefits, not universal programs, that empower bureaucrats to act like petty tyrants.