After the Coal Rush
In Montceau-les-Mines, a French town once dependent on coal mining, there was no just transition from fossil fuels. Once a left-leaning industrial hub, Montceau today is an open field for the far right.
Spring 2025
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Restorative Justice in Indian Country
Wellness courts provide an example of how some tribal governments are using indigenous sovereignty to build a community-based justice system, rooted in support and trust rather than punishment.
The Next Amazon Union Drive
Lessons from the Bessemer defeat.
The Divided Left in Ecuador
Rafael Correa has long been hostile to indigenous movements in Ecuador. It’s no surprise that they are reluctant to support his successor.
Can You Plan a Realignment?
Many of today’s organizers look to the long history of party realignment for strategic orientation. Could they drive a reordering of American politics?
Content Control
An interview with Jillian C. York, the author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech under Surveillance Capitalism.
A Reply to Kevin Mattson
By failing to assemble a coalitional politics that went beyond the ideology and logic of security, Cold War liberals became unwitting participants in liberalism’s decline.
Virtues of Cold War Liberalism: A Response to Michael Brenes and Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
We need to be cautious when we start discarding parts of our intellectual and political toolkit. We might toss things overboard that could inform our political sensibilities today.
The Immovable AMLO
The Mexican president continues to decry neoliberalism, but his government is failing to build an effective alternative to it.
A Woman Is Afraid
Fear and rage can be an entry point into the rejection of violence against women but not the termination or sum of our collaborations.
The Rise of Healthcare in Steel City
An interview with Gabriel Winant on deindustrialization, the care economy, and the living legacies of the industrial workers’ movement.
Will Mario Draghi’s Center Hold?
A closer look at the Italian prime minister’s career reveals how the tangled history of neo-Keynesian economic thought shaped his technocratic brand.
Federalism Is Killing Us
Deference to state governments has severely undermined public health efforts during the pandemic and deepened geographic inequality in the United States.
The Public Sector We Need
To have any chance of implementing popular left-wing ideas, we need to restore the capacity of democratic government to serve working people.
To Win a Green New Deal, Pass the PRO Act
The PRO Act would establish a baseline for ensuring that working people can fight for and win transformative climate policies that benefit everyone.
