Could Democrats Regain the Rural Vote?
The end of the twentieth century left rural America shell-shocked, and residents reacted accordingly.
Winter 2026
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After Eviction
Brian Goldstone’s There Is No Place for Us challenges the widespread public perception of homelessness as a reflection of individual choices, but it also looks beyond the assumption that soaring home and rental prices alone are driving the crisis.
Philanthropy for Radicals
The Garland Fund was not a typical foundation, but its history shows the potential role philanthropy can play in moments of rising authoritarianism—and the tensions inherent in that role.
If You Want Me to Pay My Taxes 
Americans tend to imagine that aversion to taxation is deeply rooted in our national political culture. Not so fast, Vanessa S. Williamson argues in her new book, The Price of Democracy.
Capital of the American Century
Mike Wallace’s Gotham at War offers a guidebook to a half-vanished city, and brings to life the immense human drama that unfolded in New York during the Second World War.
The Bronx Still Burns
The borough’s arson wave in the 1970s was caused by financial forces and political priorities that continue to hold power in New York City.
The Heaven of Train Travel
Passenger rail is being remade as a luxury lifestyle product—suggesting the problem isn’t trains, but the indignity of using them when they are so badly run.
Solace and Solidarity on the Factory Floor
Wang Bing’s Youth is an epic work of people’s history writ small.
Public Debilitation
Rebuilding government decision-making power requires not just removing veto points, but also addressing the outsized corporate power that gives the wealthy the best access to policymakers.
Coalition Socialism
The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights.
Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left
Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.
The Power of the Starbucks Model
How does labor organize at scale?
The Fabric of Capitalism
What can we learn about the history of capitalism by following slavery’s supply chains?
The Conquerors of Tomorrow
The tragic inheritance of the Shoah is that the victims of violence are often its next perpetrators.
Attention Stuffed
Our future rests on our capacity to make digital technology more boring.
