Beltway Blues
The Democratic Party in the second year of the Trump presidency is both remarkably united and notably amorphous. But this era of fifty-fifty politics will not go on forever. A left turn is long overdue.
Fall 2025
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The Dirtbag Manifesto
As liberal comedy flounders, Chapo Trap House issues a welcome corrective—a brand of humor that is not just combative, but offers a systemic explanation for capitalism’s ills.
Laundering Racism Through the Court: The Scandal of States’ Rights
In critical decisions on issues like voting rights and healthcare, the Supreme Court is using the guise of “federalism” to claw back hard-won progress toward racial justice.
The Great Moving Left Show
Going left on economics plays not only in the liberal cities but also in many of the suburbs and farms. It’s the key to the Democrats’ electoral success moving forward.
Texas Millennials Move the Needle
To win in Texas, the Democratic Party will need to build a progressive ecosystem that can engage key constituencies—particularly young voters—throughout the year.
So Much Winning
“I first notice it a few weeks after the election. The swastika has been spray-painted onto the curb kitty-corner from my parents’ house…”
A short story.
A Revolution from Within
In a year of pivotal midterm elections, the rising left wing of the Democratic party is distinguished as much by how it organizes as the policies it advocates.
Rebuilding the Working Class
Our organizers talked to 300,000 voters, across racial and party lines, since the 2016 election. Here’s what we learned about rebuilding working-class power at the polls.
Trust the Base
Democratic Party leaders have slanted primaries toward bland centrists, in the hope of pleasing swing voters and big donors. This strategy gets just about everything wrong—and the data shows it.
How Far Will the EU Go to Seal Its Borders?
As controlling migration rapidly becomes the EU’s top priority, it’s ready to pay African governments to prevent refugees from reaching Europe—even if that means using paramilitaries to stop them.
Neoliberalism’s World Order
Since its inception, neoliberalism has sought not to demolish the state, but to create an international order strong enough to override democracy in the service of private property.
The Party’s Just Getting Started
Nearly all Democrats agree about one thing: they are opposed to Donald Trump. But how to take power and what policies to enact if they succeed?
Introducing the special section of our Summer issue.
Hollinghurst’s Ghosts 
The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst Knopf, 2018, 432 pp. Keith Vaughan, “Drawing of a seated male nude,” 1949 (The estate of Keith Vaughan) If a novel gains its reader’s regard but not her affection, does she like it? Can …
Joy Amid the Ruins
Amid the wreckage of the Trump administration, growing numbers of people are discovering solidarity—democratic socialism, even. Their vision may be radical. But have you seen the alternative?
What Is a Generation?
Surely it is not just a matter of age or biology, but something more—a collective frustration with the world as it is and a desire to find new ways to change it.
