Know Your Enemy: Women vs. the System
Matt and Sam welcome Dorothy Fortenberry back to the podcast to discuss gender, the 2024 election, and whether or not women can run against “the System.”
Spring 2025
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A Fractured Coalition
A roundtable on the 2024 election.
Exit Right
Trump has remade Americans, and to defeat Trumpism requires nothing less than the left doing the same.
Toward a Revival of Left Populism
Progressives need to fight and organize for a politics that focuses on class inequality in a consistent and persuasive way.
A Party Out of Touch
Without confronting the economic conditions that gave rise to right-wing populism, the Harris campaign could not meaningfully address a deepening crisis of liberal democracy.
Rebuilding the Democratic Coalition
While some have argued that the Biden administration’s industrial policy offered too much to the private sector, these bills were designed to serve multiple constituencies.
What’s the Matter With the Democrats?
Two new books reveal the shortcomings at the heart of the liberal critique of Trump voters.
The Decline of Union Hall Politics
To become a party based among workers again, Democrats must remember that partisan commitment often grows from local roots.
Squad Goals
The Squad was elected on a hope for political revolution—but it was missing a standing army.
Know Your Enemy: Political Fictions
Matt and Sam talk to Vinson Cunningham about his debut novel Great Expectations, political theater, and Barack Obama.
The Unity Convention
The DNC showed a party that has successfully metabolized movement energy and insurgent campaigns while distancing itself from demands deemed harmful to its electoral prospects.
Know Your Enemy: What Happened to America’s Political Parties?
Matt and Sam interview Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld about their new book, The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics.
“The Uncommitted Movement Is the Floor of What’s Possible”
An interview with Waleed Shahid.
A Popular Front, If You Can Keep It
Biden claims he is remaining in the race because the threat of Trump is too great. That’s the exact reason he should consider retiring.
A Real Opening
Neoliberal ideas and institutions are still with us, but the political order they constituted is not.
