What’s Left of Generation X
To be Gen X was to be disaffected from the consumer norms of the 1980s, but to be pessimistic about any chance for social transformation.
Spring 2025
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Why the Left Needs Liberals
Every reform era came about, in the main, when left-wing movements compelled liberal politicians to back some of their key demands and then collaborated with those lawmakers against their common foes.
A Limited Impeachment
Trump’s impeachment is long overdue. But the Democratic Party leadership’s desire to rush through proceedings points to fears about digging too deep into the corruption of the Washington establishment.
The Reactionary Heartland Is a Myth
Don’t believe the media stereotype. An inclusive left populism has won in the Midwest before, and it can win again.
Give Political Power to Ordinary People
To fight elite capture of the state, it’s time to consider sortition, or the assignment of political power through lotteries.
Who Can Lead a More Progressive Party?
The ironic consequence of Sanders’s 2016 campaign is that most Americans now have a difficult time understanding how his socialism differs from the stands taken by other progressive candidates.
Poverty Doesn’t Make You Racist
According to a recent study, white voters who support anti-racist policies generally have less income than their more racist peers.
The Reparations Debate
How should the struggle for reparations for slavery fit into a broader political strategy for the left?
What Milwaukee Can Teach the Democrats about Socialism
The Democratic Party didn’t choose Milwaukee for its 2020 convention because of its radical past. But the city’s history shows how socialism worked in the United States—and could work again.
Yang Gang Education
If Andrew Yang’s fans are this excited about UBI, imagine how they’ll feel when they learn what socialism can do for them.
Voldemort Politics
“I don’t even say his name,” the finance bro told me as we made awkward small talk at the birthday party. Not that we would need to. He’s Donald J. Drumpf, Adolf Twitler, Covfefe in Chief, and whatever else the …
L.A. Teachers Prepare to Strike
Here’s what’s at stake.
The New Demand for an Old Idea: Guaranteed Jobs Now
The demand for genuine full employment broadens our imagination of what a federal government committed to caring for its people would look like.
Beltway Blues
The Democratic Party in the second year of the Trump presidency is both remarkably united and notably amorphous. But this era of fifty-fifty politics will not go on forever. A left turn is long overdue.
The Great Moving Left Show
Going left on economics plays not only in the liberal cities but also in many of the suburbs and farms. It’s the key to the Democrats’ electoral success moving forward.
