The Left YIMBYism of Mamdani: Build a Lot More While Defending Tenants The Left YIMBYism of Mamdani: Build a Lot More While Defending Tenants
The greater question, still to be answered, is whether this will work.
Jul 31, 2026 / Ross Barkan
How Franco Ruled Spain How Franco Ruled Spain
Two new books examine these dark decades in Spanish history.
Jul 30, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
What Pope Leo Can Teach Liberals About Power What Pope Leo Can Teach Liberals About Power
The pontiff just excommunicated a reactionary splinter group committed to undermining the church. Democratic leaders could learn something.
Jul 29, 2026 / Felipe de la Hoz
Zohran Mamdani and the Politics of Joy Zohran Mamdani and the Politics of Joy
And it’s backed up by actions and initiatives that seem designed to genuinely foster a joyful city.
Jul 28, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dispatches From the First Great British CPAC Dispatches From the First Great British CPAC
Through conferences, media ventures, and fat public-affairs contracts, the MAGA industrial complex has spent 10 years trying to buy British politics.
Jul 27, 2026 / Stella Tsantekidou
Andy Beshear Is What’s Wrong With the Democratic Party in the Trump Era Andy Beshear Is What’s Wrong With the Democratic Party in the Trump Era
The Kentucky governor isn’t doing what Mitch McConnell would do—and that’s the problem.
Jul 24, 2026 / Kali Holloway
For Trump, Every Accusation Is a Confession For Trump, Every Accusation Is a Confession
Like authoritarian regimes elsewhere, the White House is denouncing its opponents for the very abuses it is carrying out.
Jul 24, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Here Comes the Inevitable Backlash to DSA’s Rise Here Comes the Inevitable Backlash to DSA’s Rise
The Democratic elites are wary of the insurgency.
Jul 24, 2026 / Ross Barkan
Marco Rubio’s Cuba Fantasies Are More Dangerous Than They Seem Marco Rubio’s Cuba Fantasies Are More Dangerous Than They Seem
Little Marco is a modern-day Joe McCarthy, brandishing a list of supposed Cuban influence agents.
Jul 23, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What’s So Scary About the Frankfurt School? What’s So Scary About the Frankfurt School?
In The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, A.J.A. Woods looks at how the Frankfurt scholars became the latest bogeymen for the contemporary right.
Jul 21, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Michael Shorris