How to Buy an Election
The problem is no longer “money in politics.” It’s just money.
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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.
The New MAGA Coalition
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.
Syria’s “Human Debris”
The new government’s greatest challenge may be rebuilding a just society in the aftermath of barbaric state violence.
Politics All the Way Down
Critics are right: the algorithms that increasingly run the world can be dangerous. Are human systems always better?
Our Most Loved Pieces of 2024
The essays, reviews, forums, and interviews that readers turned to the most.
The New Old Warfare
The self-serving myths of a new wave of defense tech, from Palantir’s Gotham to Israel’s Gospel.
To Whom Does the World Belong?
The battle over copyright in the age of ChatGPT.
“It’s Our Job to Be Popular”
A conversation with Maurice Mitchell, National Director of the Working Families Party, on the way forward after the Democrats’ loss.
My Father, the Cyborg
The seductions of medical surveillance.
Becoming Lula
How a metalworker became perhaps the most voted-for person on the planet—and a model for the future of the left.
What AI Can’t Do for Democracy
Its potential to enhance civic engagement crucially depends on what policymakers want to learn from the public.
Where Did the Labor Vote Go?
Until unions open the gates, they won’t deliver working-class voters to Democrats.
Engineers of Calamity
Famine denial’s past and present, from Ukraine to Gaza.
Notes on Fighting Trumpism
To mobilize the abandoned working class, we need to revive the idea of solidarity.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Donald J. Trump
The tragic reascent of Trump is not an anomaly to democracy but its fatal flaw.
From the Editors: AI Futures
Introducing our Fall 2024 issue.
