Milton Friedman, Betsy DeVos, and the Privatization of Public Education
For almost twenty-five years, Betsy DeVos has been one of the most dogged political operatives in the movement to privatize public education.
Spring 2025
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Martin Luther King’s Radical Legacy, From the Poor People’s Campaign to Black Lives Matter
Those who invoke Martin Luther King to criticize Black Lives Matter misunderstand the life and legacy of America’s favorite civil rights leader.
There Was No Such Thing as “Progressive Neoliberalism”
Were social movements really handmaidens to the rise of neoliberalism? A response to Nancy Fraser.
The End of Progressive Neoliberalism
In a moment of political upheaval, it is up to the left to reject the false choices on offer and seize upon widespread discontent to redefine the terms of debate.
The Historical Task of the Left in the Present Period
If the survival of a vital center is also the precondition of an active left, one of the historical tasks of the left today is to help hold the center—even as we promote a militancy all our own.
With Liberty and Broadband for All
Why corporate schemes like Facebook’s Free Basics fail to deliver on their promises of opening the “knowledge economy” to all—and what a genuinely affordable, open internet would look like instead.
Fidel Without Illusions
Fidel Castro cloaked himself in protean myths. But learning from his life and the Cuba he governed requires looking past the mythologies to squarely face both the powers arrayed against him and the costs of the decisions he made to confront them.
The Organizer’s Organizer: Bob Moses and the Fight for Voting Rights
A new biography of key civil rights organizer Bob Moses—who helped spearhead the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign—offers an insightful portrait of a man and a movement whose lessons could not be more relevant today.
Liberals Against Democracy
The resurgence of ugly, authoritarian nationalism has renewed a strain of anti-democratic commentary among allegedly enlightened intellectuals. But this retreat to elitism will only empower the demagogues.
Tom Hayden (1939-2016)
A leader in a movement that was already ambivalent about leadership, Tom Hayden was incandescent—all intensity, all intelligence, full of a righteous indignation that I shared.
Prison Uprisings, From Attica to Today
Heather Ann Thompson, author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, discusses the uprising and the current wave of prison strikes.
What’s Left for Brazil?
Dilma and Lula have been refashioned as leftists in defeat. But for the Workers’ Party, it might be too late.
The Spanish-Speaking William F. Buckley
Buckley’s seldom-acknowledged fluency in Spanish shaped his worldview—including his admiration for dictators from Spain to Chile and beyond.
To Fight the Right, We Need to Understand It Better
Too many of us on the left treat the right as a monolith—and it’s keeping us from effectively fighting back.
Whose Homes?
Nancy Daniel’s mortgage was repackaged and sold so many times that it was unclear who actually owned the house, until she started getting letters threatening foreclosure. Occupy Our Homes Atlanta helped her fight back.
