What Connects the Paris Commune and the George Floyd Uprising? What Connects the Paris Commune and the George Floyd Uprising?
A conversation with the writer and theorist Jasper Bernes about the left after the summer of 2020 and the state of revolutionary politics.
Oct 29, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Clinton Williamson
Voters, Democrats, and Redistricting—Plus, Confederate Monuments in LA Voters, Democrats, and Redistricting—Plus, Confederate Monuments in LA
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson previews the elections next Tuesday, and Christopher Knight comments on the new art exhibit at MOCA.
Oct 29, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
The Rush to War With Venezuela The Rush to War With Venezuela
On The Time of Monsters: Van Jackson on Trump's reckless plunge into conflict in Latin America.
Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame. Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame.
The European Union has failed to mount an alternative to Donald Trump. On defense, geopolitical alignment, and trade policy, it is ever more subservient to the United States.
Oct 28, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows
Verdun in the Donbas.
Oct 28, 2025 / Anatol Lieven
Minneapolis Braces Itself for the National Guard Minneapolis Braces Itself for the National Guard
Kristi Noem visited the Twin Cities and decried out-of-control crime. Is a federal occupation next?
Oct 28, 2025 / Alyssa Oursler
Russ Vought, Project 2025’s Architect of Destruction Russ Vought, Project 2025’s Architect of Destruction
Pulling the strings to undo democracy.
Oct 28, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Anonymous
Ireland’s New President Boldly Opposes Austerity, Militarism, and the Genocide in Gaza Ireland’s New President Boldly Opposes Austerity, Militarism, and the Genocide in Gaza
Catherine Connolly, an independent leftist, won a landslide victory with the promise to serve as “a moral compass in a world increasingly driven by profit and spectacle.”
Oct 28, 2025 / John Nichols
The Soccer Mom Who Strikes Fear Into the Heart of ICE The Soccer Mom Who Strikes Fear Into the Heart of ICE
Meet Angelica Vargas, one of the most prominent of a new kind of activist: the ICE chaser.
Oct 28, 2025 / Malavika Kannan
The Immortal Poetry of Ron Padgett The Immortal Poetry of Ron Padgett
Pink Dust, a collection about aging and death, offers an optimistic vision of life as a continual act of reading.
Oct 28, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Rhian Sasseen