Over the past decade, there’s been an intense, often bitter debate on the left over whether fascism is the correct framework ...
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Democratic ideals set high standards that no polity really meets. But that does not make democracy meaningless. A society may fail to make good on its values, even as those values shape its collective ...
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Trump has remade Americans, and to defeat Trumpism requires nothing less than the left doing the same. Gabriel Winant ▪ November 8, 2024 A campaign bus parked near an empty field after Kamala ...
In a world increasingly overtaken by right-wing populism, Mexico is a rare case where a progressive government has remained in control through multiple elections and made solid advances. Conservative ...
An interview with Adam Przeworski. Patrick Iber ▪ Fall 2025 Soldiers guard prisoners at Chile’s National Stadium after the 1973 coup. (Marcelo Montecino/Getty Images) Patrick Iber: Over the ...
The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking. Just ...
In June, somewhere between 4 and 6 million Americans showed up to No Kings Day demonstrations in more than 2,100 cities and towns across the country. Observers estimated that this was the largest ...
Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears. Yangyang Cheng ▪ Fall 2025 A tank ...