The Next Democratic Party
Parties recover from defeat in two ways. They can try to beat the opposition at their own game, or they can try to change the rules of the game. Donald Trump did the latter. Now it’s the Democrats’ turn.
Winter 2024
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Authoritarian Democracy: A Playbook
From India to Turkey to the Philippines, authoritarian-leaning leaders of major world democracies have refined a set of strategies to make their countries less democratic. Here are five common tactics to watch out for.
Prepare For Regime Change, Not Policy Change
Lessons from the autocrats’ toolkit.
No Second Reagan
We can never allow Donald Trump’s politics to be normalized in the way that Ronald Reagan’s have been.
The View Opposite Trump Tower
Without realizing it, Donald Trump has politicized a generation as no other politician could have.
For Millions, the Election was Always Lost
For millions who couldn’t vote, the day after the election was just another day of feeling dispossessed. America under Trump would do well to listen to those who must constantly fight to be heard.
Belabored Podcast #116: Facing Labor and Politics Under Trump
We look at some bright spots from the election, including the story of how a unique labor-community coalition in Arizona helped defeat the reelection bid of the infamous bigot Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Notes From a Very Close Election
The Trump victory was far from a slam dunk. But it still showed an alarmingly large constituency for a racist, misogynist revolt against the future.
Bad New Days
This will likely be seen as one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history—above all, in institutionalizing the GOP as an unchecked vehicle for racism, nativism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny.
From Complacency to Solidarity
At this moment, it’s hard for me to hope that the Trump presidency and its horrors will mobilize Americans enough. But it must.
A Time for Rage
Trump’s America will be a terrifying place. But fear is paralyzing. Rage, channeled appropriately, provides the beginnings of something better: resistance.
Tomorrow’s Fight
Trump has put us where he put his followers all year: frightened, in a besieged place, a country we do not feel we recognize, in need of a champion. Now we all have to be one another’s champions.
Last Call: Why Leftists Should Vote for Hillary Clinton
If any kind of “political revolution” is to continue, the choice on November 8 could not be clearer.
America’s Other Election
Rolling back Republican domination in the states will not be easy. But it is a battle that must be joined.
Britain’s London Problem
June 24 On June 23 the UK voted to leave the European Union after thirty years of a halting, sometimes noble, often messy experiment in international cooperation. In my circles—professional, well-educated, Cambridge and London—the principal reaction was incredulity. How could …
