Democrats Crushed Trump. Here’s What They Should Do Next.
Seeking facile compromises with Trump is a fool’s mission—and voters who are hungry for change will not accept half-measures.
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December 2026 Issue
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Inside France’s Biggest Uprising Since 1968
Despite harsh reprisal from the government, students show no sign of stopping.
What We Can Learn From Lula’s Seismic Win
The Brazilian president looked headed for defeat. The Brazilian people had other ideas.
Kamala Harris on Expanding Democratic Power in the South
A conversation with the former vice president about the fight for Democrats in the too-long-neglected South.
Documenting Women Out of Their Cells
Over a 10-year period, a photographer captured the lives of women in and out of prison.
The Violent, Militaristic Ideology that Undergirds Fraternities
The first major hazing scandal in American history occurred at West Point in 1900. There are eerie parallels to what happened at Cornell’s Chi Phi.
Recovering From a “Gut Punch”: Black Women Fired by Trump and Musk Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame
Black women working for the federal government did what they were supposed to do. Yet their achievements could not protect them from the political winds.
Column
We Have Invited Insane Surveillance Into Our Homes
Aggregated property listings are being weaponized by insidious intelligence outfits. We have ourselves to blame.
The Midterms Are Over, and We Won. Now It’s Time to Till the Democratic Soil
To renew the promise of self-government, we must create a politics beyond opposing Trump.
Black People Have Every Reason to Doubt Official Narratives About a Recent Spate of Hangings
Prematurely ascribing deaths to suicide does away with questions that deserve real answers.
Letters
Feature
The One Issue to Rule Them All
To win in 2028, Democrats must commit to breaking the power of the Supreme Court.
Is America Headed Toward A New “Nuclear Golden Age”?
As the attempted revival of a nuclear plant in Michigan is revealing, actually running a nuclear reactor is a risky, and expensive, proposition.
A Rogue DA in No-Man’s Land
A strange case of prosecutorial misconduct during a murder investigation in the Oklahoma panhandle.
Do Socialists Even Believe in Socialism Anymore?
The American left has a growing list of victories—and an unfinished argument about the society it wants to build.
Mike Beggs and Ben Burgis and Bhaskar Sunkara
Books & the Arts
Rethinking the Early History of North America
Peter Mancall’s new book reframes the history of the American continent as a zone of encounters between Native peoples, European empires, and African societies.
Chad Harbach’s Novel of Millennial Intellectuals
In “The Brightness,” Harbach examines life before 2016.
How Did New York Become So Unequal?
A new history of New York examines how it went from a center of social-democratic experiment to one of neoliberal devastation.
The Uncanny Choreography of Trisha Brown
After a career spanning five decades, and 10 years after her passing, the choreographer and dancer is having a moment.
The Clarion Call of “NAZA”
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s new film not only documents the horrors of the present but gives us a glimpse of a possible future too.
