In Defense of the High-Rise
Elite arguments against tower blocks aren't about safety — they're about contempt for public housing.
Going Brown
On June 14, a UPS driver shot three coworkers, then himself. UPS has to answer for its role in pushing its workers to violence.
France Is Transformed
A close look at Macron’s election, the collapse of the Socialist Party, and the end of a long cycle for the French left.
The Fire Last Time
The history of the Grenfell Tower disaster stretches back into mid-century housing policy.
A Hero and a Priest
Remembering Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, the Sandinista priest and one-time United Nations General Assembly president who died earlier this month.
Don’t Fly Like a GA-06
The future of left politics is not with the affluent voters Jon Ossoff thought he could win over.
No Power in Gaza
New pressures on Hamas signal a realignment of political forces in the Middle East — and may foreshadow another summertime assault on Gaza.
An Uninspired Victory
Abstention, not the divided left, was the main beneficiary of French voters' pessimism.
"People on the Left Have Dreamt of This Situation for Generations"
Two of Labour’s newly elected MPs discuss the stunning general election results and the prospects of a Corbyn government.
Pac's Passion
The new Tupac biopic All Eyez on Me does an injustice to the politics and contradictions that drove him.
- Issue No. 25
- Spring 2017
By Taking Power
In this issue
Unfinished Business
The Bolivarian Revolution went too far for capitalism but not far enough for socialism.
Why Corbyn Won
I don't care if he didn't actually win — he won. Jeremy Corbyn has given us a blueprint to follow for years to come.
A Very Political Tragedy
Today’s horrific fire in London's Grenfell Tower is a symbol of a deeply unequal United Kingdom.
Remembering Peekskill
The 1949 Peekskill Riots remind us of a period of postwar rebellion and reaction that set the stage for the rest of the century.
The Bolsheviks and Antisemitism
Antisemitism was found across the political divide in Russia’s year of revolution.
After the Queen’s Speech
Britain has a new government. What does it mean for Corbyn’s path to power?
Who Built the Panama Canal?
Donald Trump might not know it, but the United States didn't build the Panama Canal. Workers did.