Know Your Enemy: Suburban Woman, with Dorothy Fortenberry
Dorothy Fortenberry, playwright and writer on The Handmaid’s Tale, talks about gender and politics, the work women do, the importance of institutions, the #Resistance, and more.
Winter 2026
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How to Build a Majority
In a moment when the left remains small and weak, ideological purity is almost certain to be self-defeating. We need every ally we can find.
Liu Xiaobo Is Gone, But Resistance Continues
As the world mourns the death of Liu Xiaobo, we mustn’t forget that dissent in authoritarian states, not only in China, occurs in the realm of the ordinary.
Trump and the F-Word
It is tempting to call our new president a fascist, but a fixation on Trump’s authoritarian personality obscures the real menace: the Republican agenda.
The Politics of Resistance
Suddenly, everyone on the left is talking about resistance. This is something we should celebrate—while recognizing that it is only half a politics.
After Irony
Can affect theory help us understand our contemporary unease—and express our dreams for the future—without becoming a stand-in for the slow, hard work of politics?
The Idea of Resistance
The virtually total inability of ordinary citizens to affect decision making, leaves resistance as the only possible response to the misuse of governmental power and to decisions wrongly made.
