The Irrepressible Strength of Peng Shuai
By telling her story, tennis champion Peng Shuai revealed how a violent power structure hides its violence, and the perverse way in which it drags in its victims.
Winter 2025
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Can We Democratize AI?
Artificial intelligence has often been adopted in ways that reinforce exploitation and domination. But that doesn’t mean we should greet all new AI tools with refusal.
Feminists on All Sides
Desire is shaped by social assumptions and prejudices, Amia Srinivasan argues in The Right to Sex. So what does one do about it?
The End of Neoliberalism in Chile?
The election of Gabriel Boric and the ongoing process to write a new constitution present a historic opportunity for the left to shape a new social pact in Chile.
The Deep History of Climate Change
An interview with Amitav Ghosh, the author of The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis.
Vaccine Nationalism
The world’s richest countries have undermined the international cooperation we need to end this pandemic.
Chevron’s Intimidation Campaign
The oil company hopes that the imprisonment of Steven Donziger has a chilling effect on environmental litigation. But it might have galvanized a new generation to take on the fossil fuel industry.
The Politics of Protection
In The Great Recoil, Paolo Gerbaudo argues that the left needs to speak to people’s fears and connect them to hope.
Why Do We Call the Police?
An interview with Derecka Purnell, the author of Becoming Abolitionists, about what makes communities unsafe—and how she went from calling 911 to fighting for abolition.
S.M. “Mike” Miller, a Pioneering Scholar-Activist (1922–2021)
A prolific writer and researcher for seven decades, Miller’s greatest talent was putting that knowledge to work on behalf of activist groups in the United States and around the world.
The Fearlessness of Passing
Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel continues the author’s exploration of the suffocating strictures of the color line.
Is This a Strike Wave?
We sorely need one, but that first requires the unionization of millions of new workers.
The Problem with “Conflict Minerals”
In the early 2000s, activists began to campaign against the extraction of “conflict minerals.” Today, violence continues unabated in eastern Congo, underscoring the misguided frameworks governing transnational intervention.
Deadly Games
In the spectacularly violent world of Squid Game, exploitation and brutality are built on the illusion of choice.
Free Abortion Across Borders
Following Mexico’s Supreme Court ruling to decriminalize abortion, feminists in the country continue to help people access care. Their work can serve as a model for U.S. activists navigating the limits of state health services.
