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Fall 2025
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A Mind of One’s Own
The American marketplace of “wisdom” is booming again. A long tradition of feminist thought reveals how flawed it is—and what true wisdom might look like instead.
Why the Left Needs Religion
Christianity provides both a program and a passion essential to anti-oppression movements. Its legacy for left politics is one worth fighting for.
With a counter-argument from Susan Jacoby.
Not God’s Politics
When politics involves difficult moral issues, a free and diverse people cannot decide on the basis of what the god of a Texas legislator has to say.
With a counter-argument from Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig.
Republic of Labor
At its most radical, labor republicanism envisioned not only freedom from wage slavery but cooperative self-organization. It also challenged women’s domination in the home—something Alex Gourevitch’s new history misses.
Breaking the Racial Contract
The crisis that deepened the chasm between the one percent and the rest also offers an opportunity to build a new, transracial coalition of the disadvantaged.
The Promise of Title IX: Sexual Violence and the Law
The campaign led by Title IX activists has shown why we need remedies outside of criminal law to fight sexual harassment and promote equality, as much in the workplace as on campus.
In Praise of Amateur Politics
Leftists will never entirely be released from the obligation to engage with the Democratic Party, but the left’s strength, and its power, will always lie outside formal politics.
With a counter-argument from Michael Kazin.
Why Leftists Should Also Be Democrats
Political parties are essential to a healthy democracy. And right now, for Americans on the left, the Democrats are the only party we have.
With a counter-argument from David Marcus.
The Protest Poets
Our nation’s language when it comes to race is exhausted. These poets are forging a new one.
The Class Politics of Black Lives Matter
To seek liberation for black people is also to destabilize inequality in the United States at large, and to create new possibilities for all who live here.
Reproductive Justice, Not Just Rights
The language of choice has proved useless for claiming public resources that most women need in order to maintain control over their bodies and their lives.
The Not-So-Great Society 
We can appreciate the positive changes LBJ’s Great Society programs brought about without downplaying their weaknesses in conception and execution.
Why Free College Is Necessary
Higher education can’t solve inequality, but the debate about free college tuition does something extremely valuable. It reintroduces the concept of public good to education discourse.
Back to Class
It is time to think about class. The insurgencies we most need today are the insurgencies of large numbers.
