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The Enemies List

The Trump administration’s war on the Left is designed to suffocate dissent.

Alberto Toscano

Viewpoint

Woke 1 Was Not “Crazy,” but Needed

When progressive politicians disavow the politics of 2020, they erase a legacy of Black political thought—and the policies it built that are quietly working today.

Calvin John Smiley

LaborDispatch

Seattle’s Massage Workers Demand Safety and Solidarity—Not Stigma

After police raids on more than 50 Asian massage parlors, workers are pushing for licensing that recognizes their expertise and an end to the “rescue” model.

Kim Kelly

Viewpoint

What Democratic Socialists Can Learn About Endorsing a Presidential Candidate in 2028

The Democratic Socialists of America has gained increasing electoral influence. After the Left’s success in the midterms, the group could make an impact in the upcoming presidential race—if organizers take lessons from previous cycles.

David Duhalde

Viewpoint

The Class War Midterms

The legacy of Bernie Sanders’ presidential runs was on full display in Democrats’ titanic midterm election results. The message from voters is clear: deliver on economic populism.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

“Sewer Socialism” is Ascendant in America’s Big Cities

As the next mayor of Washington, D.C., Janeese Lewis George will join other local leaders who say they’ll look to the public sector to help solve their cities’ housing crises.

Rebecca Burns

Politics

We Just Witnessed a Populist Blowout

In Tuesday's midterm elections, voters rejected Trump’s billionaire-backed politics and attacks on working people. The winners need to show that a different kind of politics can deliver.

Peter Certo

Politics

Organizing Beat Out Democratic Conventional Wisdom

Democrats’ sweeping victory in the midterms showed why the old playbook should be thrown out of the window—and that the Left is on the march.

Hamilton Nolan

PoliticsElection 2026

The Hour Before Dawn

With the Voting Rights Act gutted and education under attack, building democratic power must reach beyond the ballot box—and into classrooms and the streets

Jesse Hagopian

Labor

It’s Time for Labor to Join the Fight Against Data Centers and Tech Oligarchy

There’s no room for dithering—the U.S. labor movement has to choose now whether to be on the right side of history.

Stephen Lerner

Labor

Dockworkers Worldwide Are Striking for Palestine

The second International Day of Action of Dockworkers, in solidarity with Palestine and against militarism, begins.

Peter Cole

A Gift From the President to the Cornell Seven

New comics from Mark Kaufman, Tom Tomorrow and Adam Zygis.

Tom Tomorrow, Adam Zygis and Mark Kaufman

ViewpointPolitics

Hispanic Voters Are Dissatisfied. What Will It Mean for the Midterms?

The question heading into the midterms is not whether Trump has lost support among Hispanic Americans—it is what dissatisfied Hispanic voters will do with that dissatisfaction.

Diana Orcés

Viewpoint

Against Efficiency

Making numbers go up isn’t compatible with human freedom. It’s time to flip the tables in how we determine progress.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

UFCW Members Protect Local Election After Sham Merger Attempt

Longtime incumbents in UFCW's Local 8-Golden State are being challenged by an insurgent slate in what may be the local’s first competitive election in decades.

Lisa Xu

With His Stunning Victory in Brazil, Lula Has Made History Again

Despite trailing far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round of voting, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defied the odds and secured a fourth presidential term, but the road ahead will not be an easy one.

Andre Pagliarini

Interview

A Politics of Denial

As France erupts with protests and the U.S. midterm elections near, a declining West is answering its crisis with denial, repression and war.

Glenn Diesen and Richard D. Wolff

Viewpoint

The Crest of a New Wave

The incoming class of left-wing insurgents can hold sway in the next Congress—if they work as a bloc.

Miles Kampf-Lassin