The Charge of Genocide
South Africa’s willingness to file a case with the International Court of Justice is a sign that the old tactics used to police discourse about genocide have lost much of their power.
Spring 2025
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The History of the History of the Right, with Kim Phillips-Fein
Matt and Sam are joined by historian Kim Phillips-Fein to discuss historical scholarship on American conservatism. How has the study of the right changed since 2016? And how should the field orient itself to 2024?
Ask a Neoliberal: An Interview with J. Bradford DeLong
In the 1990s, neoliberalism was a kind of utopian program. What remains after the crises of the twenty-first century?
Taiwan’s Election Under China’s Shadow
The Democratic Progressive Party’s candidate is more conservative than his predecessor, but the best hope for progressive forces this Saturday is still a DPP victory.
Crime Online
The majority of property crimes now occur online. Our legal system hasn’t caught up.
The Struggle for Meaningful Work
Socially necessary labor should entitle us to respect, decent pay, and safe conditions—not a duty to work relentlessly, without complaint.
The Failure of COP28
The UAE, host to the latest UN climate conference, showcases the vices that need to be vanquished if we’re going to have anything approaching a green society.
Dissent in 2023
Our most-read articles this year.
Know Your Enemy: Bomb Power, with Erik Baker
Matt and Sam welcome historian Erik Baker onto the podcast to discuss Garry Wills’s blistering critique of the national security state and unaccountable presidential power in his 2010 book, Bomb Power.
The World That Municipal Socialists Built
Urban socialists blazed a path toward social democracy. Leftists who want to reclaim this tradition face a whole new set of obstacles.
Terrorism Investigations on Campus and the New McCarthyism
Federal law enforcement is under pressure to launch specious terrorism investigations into pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses, based solely on their public statements.
The Dominance of Platform Foods
Pizza, burgers, and tacos are not only delicious, they are essential to how capital shapes our lives.
Who Built the Zones?
Special economic zones are not just a product of the effort to free capitalism from democratic authority. They are a response to a broader anxiety about power imbalance between multinational corporations and national governments.
Know Your Enemy: The Kennedy Imprisonment, with Jeet Heer
A discussion of Garry Wills’s 1982 book on the Kennedy family.
Ending the Coalfield-to-Prison Pipeline
Boosters have promoted prison construction on abandoned mine lands as a tool of economic development throughout Appalachia. New federal funding provides the opportunity for more sustainable and socially beneficial investments.
