Gutting Public Unions
Attacks on public-sector unions are setbacks not just for organized labor but for anyone who believes the state should ensure access to basic social needs.
Spring 2025
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The House That Marx Built
The incomplete or fragmentary state of Marxism is a sign of its ongoing life. It remains unfinished because so does history.
Marxism for Tomorrow
An intelligent left today can neither live within nor without Marx’s thought. Marxism today is most useful when it is erratic, irreverent, non-doctrinaire.
What Should Unions Do Now?
For U.S. labor, this is a moment of great peril but also great potential, unmatched since the New Deal era.
Collective Bargaining 3.0
In addition to reimagining who workers bargain with, we must expand what they bargain for. Public sector unions often address similar issues at the bargaining table that community organizations tackle legislatively.
Labor Needs New Ideas
Labor needs to argue more. Unions always need solidarity, but it should not be the solidarity of the stolid and defeated.
Toward a Post-Zionist Left
The left must move beyond the false binaries of liberal Zionism and embrace a post-Zionist politics of civil rights and nonviolent resistance.
With a counter-argument by Susie Linfield.
Is a Left Zionism Possible?
The spirit of left Zionism, which was strong enough to build a country, has receded to the margins of Israeli politics. Can it be revived?
With a counter-argument by Joshua Leifer.
Booked: A Global History of Time
An interview with historian Vanessa Ogle about her new book The Global Transformation of Time.
A Defense of Civil Libertarianism 
Defending civil liberties is not merely a “strategy” or a means to some other end. One can, and should, oppose both torture and endless war.
In response to Samuel Moyn.
Civil Liberties and Endless War
Civil libertarians have tolerated the normalization of perpetual, if more sanitary, war.
With a response by David Cole.
No Cheers For Anarchism
Anarchists are better dreamers than doers. A successful movement requires compromise, organization, and leadership to actually get things done.
The Anarchist Spirit
Many popular movements around the world today oppose hierarchy and embrace direct democracy. This is a spirit that we should applaud and help to flourish.
Alaska Melting
As Alaska warms and glaciers melt, state leaders continue to ignore the role of fossil fuels in climate change and press for additional oil development.
An Environmentalism for the Left
Economic insecurity produces insatiable demands on nature. This is the point where environmentalist and egalitarian projects meet.
