New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It’s Time for Others to Do the Same New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It’s Time for Others to Do the Same
The state is setting a powerful example with its first-in-the-nation plan. But the policy has support across the US.
Oct 14, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Triumphs and Travails of American Marxism The Triumphs and Travails of American Marxism
Karl Marx never visited the United States, but he and his ideas left an imprint nonetheless.
Oct 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn
Emmanuel Macron Is on His Last Legs Emmanuel Macron Is on His Last Legs
The French took to the streets en masse last week, days after the collapse of the latest Macron-aligned government. But the divided left-wing opposition is struggling to capitaliz...
Sep 16, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
Labour Has Only Itself to Blame for the UK’s New Left-Wing Party Labour Has Only Itself to Blame for the UK’s New Left-Wing Party
Starmer’s rightward turn and austerity agenda fracture Labour, as Corbyn and Sultana rally disillusioned voters behind a new left alternative.
Sep 16, 2025 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata
Tonight’s Dinner Fell Off the Sysco Truck Tonight’s Dinner Fell Off the Sysco Truck
Sysco’s market dominance means that something essential is being lost. As local businesses fade away, a sense of a distinct regional and local identity disappears with them.
Sep 15, 2025 / Austin Frerick
What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.) What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.)
Trump is repaying rural voters’ loyalty by shafting them.
Sep 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job. Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job.
We have an unprecedented chance to elect a mayor who can prioritize the needs of working people.
Sep 9, 2025 / Bill de Blasio
The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis
Prime Minister François Bayrou is gambling his political survival on a confidence vote, in a probably doomed attempt to force France’s hung parliament to accept an austerity budge...
Sep 3, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
To Make Democracy Work, Give More of It to Workers To Make Democracy Work, Give More of It to Workers
The fight to reclaim American democracy has to begin with our oligarchic political economy.
Aug 14, 2025 / Osita Nwanevu
How Seattle’s Katie Wilson Launched Her Mayoral Campaign as a Social Movement How Seattle’s Katie Wilson Launched Her Mayoral Campaign as a Social Movement
The precariat is rising.
Aug 12, 2025 / John Burbank