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.
Spring 2025
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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.
A Tumultuous Year in Dissent
It’s been a rocky year, but not without its highlights for the democratic left. Our best of 2016.
How Tax Havens Make Us Poor
Gabriel Zucman’s The Hidden Wealth of Nations offers a plainspoken explanation of what we are constantly told is “too complicated” for us to understand: the myriad legal loopholes the rich exploit to avoid paying taxes, and why closing them should be a priority for the rest of us.
[LONDON EVENT | January 4] Donald Trump, Brexit, and the Transatlantic Left
Londoners: Join Dawn Foster, Peter Mandler, Pragna Patel, and Natasha Lewis to discuss the political shocks of the past year, and how the left should respond in 2017.
The Care Deficit
Care work has always divided working- and middle-class women. But by claiming labor rights on their own terms, 1970s domestic worker organizers were able to overcome these barriers and win major reforms. Can their success be repeated?
I’ll Take Care of You Tonight
Emerging alongside the growth of the service industry is a new interest in the literary expression of this kind of labor, with the female worker at its center.
Hanukkah and the Apocalypse
A 2,200-year-old cold take on Donald Trump’s election.
Hot & Bothered Podcast #9: A Holiday Gift for Climate Wonks, with Kevin Ummel
Data scientist Kevin Ummel joins Daniel to discuss carbon, consumption, cities, and how climate policies should reflect them.
Texas’s New Ground Game
While conservatives tighten their grip on Washington, a network of grassroots organizers in three Texas cities is showing how local progressives can beat the odds. Could their efforts become a national model for opposing Trumpism?
Belabored Podcast #118: Fighting for Sanctuary and Solidarity
Rosanna Aran and Christina Fox of #SomosVisibles join us to talk about immigrant organizing in New York under Trump.
Breaking the Cage
Galvanized by the brutal rape of a young student in 2012, a rising generation of Indian feminists are today arguing that the answer to the country’s public safety dilemma is not to lock women up at home, but to protect their right to take risks.
The Triumph of the 1%
A new study by Thomas Piketty and his colleagues shows that American inequality continues to rise, with no sign of abating.
Hot & Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips
What does fighting environmental racism really look like? Daniel talks to Dawn Phillips, a lead organizer with Causa Justa-Just Cause, which has been leading the fight against “green” gentrification in the Bay Area. And Kate reports from Standing Rock, where Native activists are looking ahead to the long term.
The World of Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich’s politics developed over many years because she came by them as an artist—which may be what allowed her to become, unusually, both more self-questioning and more combative as she aged.
