Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties.
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Know Your Enemy: The Furious Minds of MAGA
Matt and Sam talk to Laura K. Field about her new book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right.
The Case for a Third Reconstruction
The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.
Coalition Socialism
The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights.
Know Your Enemy: Zohran, the Jews, and Reckoning with Gaza
Matt and Sam talk to Peter Beinart about Zohran and Islamophobia, Jews and antisemitism, the genocide in Gaza, and more.
Zohran’s Promise
The Mamdani campaign extended the arena of political participation to ordinary and unseen people of every place and pursuit. The challenge going forward will be sustaining faith in the idea that the city is ours to make.
Know Your Enemy: Break Glass in Case of Emergency
Matt and Sam are very worried.
[VIDEO] How Will Zohran Govern?
A conversation with Chi Ossé, Cea Weaver, and J.W. Mason.
The Strongman Illusion
Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism was facilitated by collaborators, enablers, and an inept opposition.
¿Por Qué MAGA?
Progressives will only make lasting progress with Latino voters if they examine not just why Trump was appealing, but also why the left was not.
Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left
Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.
Know Your Enemy: How Charles Murray (Almost) Predicted the Trump Era
Matt and Sam read Charles Murray’s 2012 book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010.
Lula’s Unfinished Democracy
The Brazilian president once argued that democracy will founder where inequality reigns. Today, he sees fighting inequality as democracy’s animating mission.
Close Attention
An interview with Frederick Wiseman.
The Power of the Starbucks Model
How does labor organize at scale?
The Battle Over Civil Society
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
