Up from Polarization
In his new book, Ezra Klein builds a persuasive account of the rise of polarization. But the master explainer can offer no explanation for where we go from here.
Winter 2025
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It’s Party Time
As socialists, we need to help decide who runs the Democratic Party.
McDonald’s in the Post–Civil Rights Era, with Marcia Chatelain
An interview with Marcia Chatelain, the author of Franchise—a book about how “stateless people found some comfort in a corporation.”
Listening in an Emergency
Big Thief makes protest music for a moment when even language, even stories, even voices, have betrayed us.
Among the Post-Liberals
No one has the stomach to burn out the tongues of blasphemers anymore, even if some remain too ornery to admit it. Perhaps breaking free of liberalism is harder than it looks.
After Carbon Democracy
The Green New Deal is a wager that more democracy, rather than less, is the way to tackle climate change.
How Socialists Can Govern
Many on the U.S. left fear governing power, in part because it has been so difficult to achieve. More recent optimism among socialists is a welcome development—but we need a middle ground between being cynical and naive.
The Realigners: An Interview with Waleed Shahid of Justice Democrats
Social movements are winning in the arena of public opinion. Now they need champions in places of power who can fight for their demands.
Colossus Wears Tweed
A number of recent books blame the rise of neoliberalism on economists. But the evidence suggests it is still capital that rules.
Year One of AMLO’s Mexico
When AMLO took office there was a sense of hope, enthusiasm, and renewal. Today, there is a growing sense of unease about whether his administration can deliver the changes that Mexicans so desperately need.
The Court Is Not Your Friend
Progressives have little to lose and much to gain by leaving juristocracy to the enemies of democracy.
We Need an Insurgent Mass Movement
Trumpian nativism promotes whiteness as the basis for solidarity. Our response must demonstrate how freedom for one depends on freedom for all.
Hello to My Haters: Tucker Carlson’s Mob and Me
What else is a talk show in a class society for?
Solidarity and Crisis
Introducing our Winter 2020 special section, “Democracy and Barbarism.”
Old Millennial Yells at Cloud
Good politics don’t protect you from the pathologies of the internet.
