Building the House of Breitbart
How Breitbart News rose on the darkest of money to hijack the conservative media — and how liberals helped them do it.
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The Welfare State Can Survive the Great Aging
Workers spend their whole lives producing wealth for society, only to be told that being provided for in old age is impossible. It’s not a rollback ordinary people should accept.
Seven Theses on Trump
A fear-mongering, race-baiting, predatory Islamophobe has won the White House. Here are some thoughts.
Sara Nelson: “Solidarity Is a Force Stronger Than Gravity”
This month, Association of Flight Attendants union president Sara Nelson addressed over 1,000 delegates at the Democratic Socialists of America convention. Here's what she had to say about the labor movement's power to defeat bigotry, the proud legacy of democratic socialists, and why solidarity is the "greatest force for good in human history."
The Indigenous Revolution
Standing Rock points the way forward for indigenous people and the Left.
The Rojava Project
A Road Unforeseen is an inspiring account of the autonomous Kurdish region in Syria, but it glosses over Rojava's contradictions.
The End of the Paris Prophecy
Donald Trump's election win is bad news for the Paris Agreement and very bad news for the climate.
The Forgotten Cameroon War
French officials like to project a sunny view of their country’s colonial past. Tens of thousands dead in Cameroon would tell a different story.
Trump the Sovereign
According to Donald Trump, the US should be able to do what it wants, when it wants, and the way it wants.
A Century After “Ten Days”
John Reed penned the definitive account of the October Revolution — and paid a heavy price for it.
Politics Without Politics
A new book offers a flawed road map for rebuilding the Left.
The CIA Is Not Your Friend
The CIA is rebranding as a rational, progressive arm of the US state. And some liberals are buying it.
Silicon Valley for Trump
It's no surprise that Elon Musk agreed to advise Trump — their politics are more similar than you might think.
Czechoslovakia 1948
Seventy years ago, a popular revolution swept the Communist Party to power in Czechoslovakia. It quickly proved to be a hidden coup.
The Postal Banking Solution
The post office can offer financial services that private banks won’t. In fact, it's done it before.
The Great God Trump and the White Working Class
The political and social war that is now inevitable in the United States could shape the character of the rest of the century.
Al Qaeda’s Favorite President
For ISIS and Al Qaeda, Trump's foreign policy is the gift that keeps on giving.
American Carnage
Trump's inauguration speech exemplified everything seductive and dangerous about the far right's rhetoric.
Sri Lanka’s Post-Labor Politics
Organized labor has struggled to push demands and set the agenda during Sri Lanka's democratic transition.
Mexico’s Gasolinazo
A hike in fuel prices has sparked popular protests across Mexico. Will it take a deeper political form?