Power and Abuse in the United Farm Workers
The alleged sexual violence committed by Cesar Chavez cannot be understood as the failing of a single charismatic leader. It unfolded within a patterned system of organizational control over UFW members.
Winter 2026
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Building a Post-Trump Foreign Policy
Progressives need to ground international commitments to democratic accountability at home and engage with social movements abroad. Few political figures have articulated this as clearly as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Trump’s False Promise of Liberation
The war with Iran will not produce a freer or more democratic country.
Abolitionist Feminism
An interview with Kathi Weeks.
A New Non-Aligned Movement?
The “middle powers” can band together to chart a third way between authoritarian superpowers in Washington and Beijing.
The Epstein Class
The real scandal of the Epstein saga is not that a billionaire cabal runs the world. It’s that there is a billionaire class.
Trump’s War
The fact that the war in Iran has proven so shocking to both Trump’s base and the broader commentariat reflects how distorted the popular view of Trump and MAGA has become.
War, Revolt, and Iran’s Unfinished Struggle
The protests and repression that preceded the U.S.–Israeli bombing campaign exposed both the fragility of the Iranian governing elite and the organizational weakness of Iranian civil society—dynamics that will continue to shape the country in the months to come.
A Tale of Two Plumbers
Hannah Spencer’s victory in a UK parliamentary by-election is a major win for the Green Party, which aims to build a viable left-populist alternative to Reform UK and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party.
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.
Vindictive Federalism
For decades, national policies have compelled states to pare back eligibility and benefits for social programs. Under Trump, federal austerity has become a tool to punish political enemies.
A Crisis of Conflict Resolution, Not Conflict Studies
A response to “The Demise of Conflict Studies” from our winter issue, followed by a reply by the authors.
ICE on Ice
I am never the first person to arrive at an ICE raid. I am never the last person to leave.
Nick Salvatore: Citizen and Historian
The author of Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist and other biographies, Nick Salvatore leaves behind a rich legacy that both challenges and inspires us at this historical moment.
The Trump Doctrine
For years, Venezuelans have been trapped between two rogue states, with many reduced to hoping that one could solve the problem of the other. But it is the Venezuelan people who should decide how Venezuela is governed, and by whom.
