
This Didn’t Have to Happen
Many white workers aren't voting for Democrats this November. And we can't just blame racism.

Many white workers aren't voting for Democrats this November. And we can't just blame racism.

Starbucks employees have faced rampant sexual harassment for years. Why hasn't Howard Schultz faced scrutiny for it?

Right-wing authoritarianism lures people away from the promise of democracy, peace, and equality toward destructive violence by offering one key appeal: pleasure in harming other people.

A surprising number of Andrew Cuomo’s allies, donors, and friends have close ties to the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
The media's coverage of Melania Trump has been rife with stereotypes about Eastern European women.

In situations like the abhorrent Texas anti-trans crusade, liberals like to say that the cruelty is the point. But in reality, winning elections and protecting elite interests is the point — and transgender kids and their families are caught in the crosshairs.

Aretha Franklin was a legend. But the new Franklin biopic, Respect, is a forgettable film that avoids the darker and more difficult parts of her life.

The Jeffrey Epstein story is a case study of the abuses and pathologies inherent to extreme wealth. The only way to stop them is to create a world without billionaires.

Democratic Party leaders and their donors bear responsibility for the increasingly widespread view of trans rights as incompatible with a politics that benefits the many, not the few.

The 1989 cult horror classic Society is remembered for its sensational effects and disturbing undertones. But it's the movie's grisly portrayal of the rich exploiting the poor that's the scariest thing of all.

It isn’t the responsibility of a work of fiction to offer political solutions. So it’s perfectly fine that Beautiful World, Where Are You doesn’t provide any.

Centered in the lawless region of Southeast Asia known as the Golden Triangle, the scam industry is a new kind of capitalism built on corruption, organized crime, and slave labor — and it’s growing.

The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell was disappointing for those hoping it would blow the lid off the Jeffrey Epstein sex ring. But the trial and new reporting have shown Epstein's relationship with political elites runs even deeper than we already knew.
Grading a century of liberal film presidents.

Despite new legislation, American hyper-punishment is not slowing. It's even accelerating.

In an interview, author China Miéville explains why Marx and Engels’s Communist Manifesto is such a remarkable work, defending the book against its detractors and arguing that it remains urgently inspiring and deeply relevant.

The history of queer liberation movements is often talked about as distinct from the history of the Left. But in the first half of the twentieth century, queer people were abundant among American radical leftists — decades before the rise of an organized mass movement for gay rights.

In Russian novelist Vladimir Sorokin’s Telluria, inhabitants of a war-ravaged Europe can find solace only by hammering nails made of a hallucinogenic substance into their skulls. It's a postapocalyptic world that isn't quite like our own — yet.

Nina Simone is often remembered for her involvement in the civil rights movement. She was also engaged with the radical political currents of her age, including socialism.

Shifting police budgets to social programs was the key demand after the George Floyd protests. Progressives in Richmond, California, have actually done it. Two organizers explain how.