The Insidious Doctrine Fueling the Case Against Mahmoud Khalil
How a century of immigration law has evaded constitutional rights.
The Violence Prerogative
All oppressive, criminal, and genocidal governments cloak their atrocities in the language of virtue.
Portrait of a Foreign Policy Failure
Counterterrorism always trumped diplomacy in Afghanistan—with devastating and enduring consequences.
Social Security Is Not a Ponzi Scheme
Today’s attacks are just the latest form of backlash to the New Deal.
The Limits of Professional-Class Liberalism
How professionals remade the Democratic Party, narrowing its political vision.
How to Save the NIH
Public science too often serves private profits, making it vulnerable to attacks like Trump’s.
Small Wasn’t Beautiful
How the left embraced “ethical consumption” and gave up on the state.
Ugly Truths
The politics of the mad memoir.
There’s a Word for That
Can language describe everything we feel—and should it?
The Reality of Settler Colonialism
Writers like Adam Kirsch mock the idea to demonize critics of Israel. The phenomenon itself remains.
Letter to the Israeli Left
The costs of abandoning politics for interpersonal peace-building.
A Real Post-Neoliberal Agenda
Bidenomics foundered on ten years of Democratic reluctance to declare war on inequality.
The Rivierization of the World
Trump’s plans for Gaza crystallize the dreams of empire.
From the Editors: Trump’s Return
Introducing our Winter 2025 issue.
How to Buy an Election
The problem is no longer “money in politics.” It’s just money.
Will you help us cover this crisis?
Our contributors have seen this moment coming. But we need your support to continue covering it.
The Boomerang Comes Back
How the U.S.-backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home—from Project Esther to violence at the border.
Walking the Tightrope
An interview with Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof about his latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
Trump’s Bid at a New Fusionism
There are tensions in his motley coalition, but left-liberal fractures may be even worse.
Resisting Trump’s Immigration Machine
It faces serious obstacles, but the uncertainty and terror it has already unleashed is real—indeed, part of the point.
The Real Economics of Visas and Tariffs
Setting the record straight.
Blood Ties
Trump’s “invasion” narrative and the real story of pain in America.
The Lexicon of Empire
The long battle between liberals and Black intellectuals over the meaning of colonialism.
The “Terrorists” in My Grandmother’s Neighborhood
Not only a tool to justify U.S. and Israeli intervention, the label is increasingly dividing Iranian society from within.
