Ultra Violence
Rachel Maddow’s podcast tells the story of American Nazis in the 1940s. But the era’s real and lasting authoritarian danger came from the spectacular growth of a national security state.
Winter 2026
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The Lithium Problem: An Interview with Thea Riofrancos
Can we rapidly reduce carbon emissions while minimizing the damage caused by resource extraction?
The IRA Is an Invitation to Organizers
The Inflation Reduction Act presupposes a private sector–led transition. But battles over its implementation could build the political constituencies and expertise needed to take on the fossil fuel industry.
The Fight Against Cop City
The protests in Atlanta build on a history of organizers challenging prison construction as a force for environmental destruction.
Climate Still Changes Everything
The U.S. climate movement has largely grown in response to setbacks and defeats. What will it do in the face of an underwhelming victory?
A Crucial Test for Lula
The Landless Workers’ Movement aims to remind the Brazilian president that its needs remain—and that they are not necessarily compatible with the desires of agribusiness.
The Language of Democracy
In Plain Style, Christopher Lasch showed that we can render even the most iconoclastic demands in common speech.
A War With No End in Sight
More Russians have died in Ukraine than in all wars the country has fought since 1945 combined. But escalating repression and a culture of helpless disengagement have kept support for the war high.
The Economy of Influence
A conversation with Emily Hund, the author of The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media.
Will Be Wild
The only verdict on Trump and the MAGA movement that finally matters will be delivered through politics.
Spectral Machines
What happens when the idea of the worker disappears?
Can Israel Be a Democracy for All?
It is a mistake to ignore the connection between the attempted judicial coup in Israel and the occupation of the West Bank.
A New Path to Diversity
The Supreme Court is poised to overturn race-based affirmative action. But preferences based on socioeconomic disadvantage—which are both politically popular and legally sound—could produce similarly high levels of diversity.
Liberal Commitments
An interview with Michael Walzer on The Struggle for a Decent Politics.
Mircea Cărtărescu Stares Down the Abyss
The Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu boasts a long, international-award-winning bibliography of poetry and prose. Yet in his fiction, he often speaks through narrators hostile to publication and recognition.
