Are We Still Fighting the Battles of the New Left? Are We Still Fighting the Battles of the New Left?
Terence Renaud’s new book compels us to revisit post-war activist movements around the world to understand generational conflicts in the left.
Mar 15, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
And the Winner of a Safe Seat in Congress Is… Elise Stefanik! And the Winner of a Safe Seat in Congress Is… Elise Stefanik!
Donald Trump’s upstate cheerleader turns out to be one of the chief beneficiaries of New York State’s congressional redistricting.
Mar 14, 2022 / Tom Gogola
A Socialist in the Newsroom: Kent MacDougall, 1931–2021 A Socialist in the Newsroom: Kent MacDougall, 1931–2021
The once-controversial reporter and teacher dies without notice.
Mar 11, 2022 / Tom Goldstein
The Overlooked Strategies of the Anti-Abortion Movement The Overlooked Strategies of the Anti-Abortion Movement
The movement and its ideological predecessors have spent centuries honing reproductive control tactics, from forced pregnancy to sterilization to criminalization.
Mar 11, 2022 / Michele Goodwin
Why Is Biden Letting States Like Missouri Defund Planned Parenthood? Why Is Biden Letting States Like Missouri Defund Planned Parenthood?
Missouri is poised to be the fourth state to strip Medicaid reimbursements from the reproductive health provider. So far, the Biden administration has not enforced the law that wou...
Mar 10, 2022 / Amy Littlefield
When Railing Against Cancel Culture Is About Railing Against Accountability When Railing Against Cancel Culture Is About Railing Against Accountability
A speech by Andrew Cuomo and an article by a college student suggest what’s really behind the lamentations about “left-wing censorship.”
Mar 9, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Religious Objectors to LGBTQ Equality Will Return to the Supreme Court Religious Objectors to LGBTQ Equality Will Return to the Supreme Court
Advocates will ask the court to protect faith-based objections to laws they find objectionable through the First Amendment’s Free Speech clause.
Mar 9, 2022 / Katherine Franke
Are Latino Voters Actually Fleeing the Democratic Party? Are Latino Voters Actually Fleeing the Democratic Party?
In Texas, unapologetically progressive Latinx candidates saw victories across the state, contradicting the claims of an exodus from the Democratic Party.
Mar 9, 2022 / Steve Phillips
It’s Time for American Feminists to Learn From Latin America’s Abortion-Rights Movement It’s Time for American Feminists to Learn From Latin America’s Abortion-Rights Movement
On this International Women’s Day, people fighting the erosion of abortion rights in the United States can find signs of hope outside our borders.
Mar 8, 2022 / Amy Littlefield
Letters From the March 21/28, 2022, Issue Letters From the March 21/28, 2022, Issue
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Mar 8, 2022 / Our Readers, Vijay Prashad, and David Klion