Politics
I Don’t Have to Forgive Joe Biden
We should condemn the president-elect’s record on race, but that does not foreclose hope for his administration.
How to Fix the Climate
Biden should rejoin the Paris Agreement, but diplomacy isn’t enough. To decarbonize the economy, we must integrate bottom-up, local experimentation with top-down, global cooperation.
Bolsonaro’s War Against Reason
The Brazilian president’s offensive against universities threatens democracy and recalls the dark years of the country’s dictatorship.
In Defense of Politics
The only antidote to despair over national politics will be to generate and expand new solutions at local, state, and regional levels.
COVID-19 Provides All the More Reason to Tax the Rich
Tax policies like New Jersey’s new Millionaires Tax are essential—not only for an equitable recovery, but also for reining in pre-pandemic inequality.
The Long Shadow of Racial Fascism
A debate is roiling about the aptness of comparing Trump to European fascists. But radical Black thinkers have long argued that racial slavery created its own unique form of American fascism.
The Politics of White Anxiety
Trump is only the latest to exploit it. A new path forward must address the structures that sustain it.
The Real Reason the GOP Suppresses the Vote
The party’s fifty-year strategy has reached an electoral dead end.
Toward a Global History of White Supremacy
The simultaneous success of Trump and Brexit was no coincidence.
Rethinking Political Economy
Rejecting market fundamentalism, Rethinking Political Economy will provide space for advancing alternatives—in theory, politics, and policy—to the neoliberalism of the last forty years.
The Trouble with Carbon Pricing
Only a bold approach that centers politics can meet the scale of the climate crisis.
Is Freedom White?
Talk of American freedom has long been connected to the presumed right of whites to dominate everyone else.
U.S. Politics is Failing Children
Everyone agrees that child poverty is a problem. Why are Democrats and Republicans so bad at addressing it?
Six Labor Policies We Need Now
Workers deserve substantive policy reforms that point the way to a better future, especially in this year of unprecedented crisis.
What’s Next for Abortion Law?
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling is only the latest twist in the convoluted legal history of women’s reproductive rights. The future looks no less partisan.
Sexual Violence and Sexual Spectacle
A new book decries moral panics over sexual danger. But in thinking about the MeToo movement, we should not conflate real abuse with mere scandal.
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