Politics

At 79, Angela Davis Is Still Fighting for a Better World

A reading list in honor of the radical philosopher’s birthday.

A Century of the Frankfurt School

The Institute for Social Research was founded one hundred years ago. We ignore its prescient theorists at our peril.

Beyond the Nation State in the Middle East

In Palestine and Kurdistan, promising experiments in self-determination draw on the region’s pluralist history.

  • Aslı Ü. Bâli
  • Omar Dajani

Designing the Future in Palestine

Palestinian women and feminist organizations are reimagining what liberation can look like beyond national independence.

  • Noura Erakat

The Meaning of the FTX Meltdown

The crypto exchange’s spectacular failure is the product of a bankrupt corporate culture.

“Fascism never disappears because people come to their senses.”

An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley.

  • Robin D. G. Kelley
  • Deborah Chasman

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Lunchtime in Italy

The tradition allows private and public life to meet, maintaining a baseline solidarity in civic life.

  • Jonathan Levy

The Case for Abolishing Elections

They may seem the cornerstone of democracy, but in reality they do little to promote it.

  • Nicholas Coccoma

Affirmative Action Under Threat

If the Supreme Court deems it unconstitutional, how else might we challenge entrenched inequalities?

In Defense of Federalism

The U.S. federal system is flawed as it currently operates, but it is not destined to be unjust.

  • Danielle Allen

Putting Elections in Perspective

Can more parties fix American democracy?—and other questions about our electoral system as the midterms approach.

How to Be a Race Traitor

A posthumous collection tracks Noel Ignatiev’s commitment to class struggle, abolishing whiteness, and finding a vision of freedom in the minds and actions of working people.

  • Mike King

What Does Fascism Mean Today?

And does it apply to the far right?

The Proto-Fascist Guide to Destroying the World

Noam Chomsky on lies, crimes, and savage capitalism.

  • Noam Chomsky
  • David Barsamian

Reconsidering the Good Life

Feminist philosophers Kate Soper and Lynne Segal discuss the unsustainable obsession with economic growth and consider what it might look like if we all worked less.

  • Lynne Segal
  • Kate Soper
  • Anthony Morgan

Public Trust Is a Political Problem—Not Just an Epistemic One

It won’t be solved through fact checking.

How Government Ends

Through an assault on administrative agencies, the Supreme Court is systematically eroding the legal basis of effective governance.

  • Lisa Heinzerling

Beyond the Debt Economy

We can put an end to unjust debts by embracing public goods.

Post-Growth Pleasure

Final response: A “greened” economy is still a capitalist one.

  • Kate Soper

A Bourgeois Revolution

The critique of capitalism must take precedence over the critique of consumption.

  • Nanjala Nyabola

Degrowth Is a Distraction

The distribution of gains is more important than GDP.

  • Jayati Ghosh

The Abundance Agenda

Doing less is not enough. We have to do more, and we have to do it better.

  • Will Rinehart

Ecology’s Utopian Vision

Conservation implies a new way of life.

  • Jackson Lears

The Fullness of Desire

Changing our habits of consumption is not enough.

  • Lida Maxwell
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