December 2024 Volume 48, Issue 10

December 2024
Viewpoint
The Path for Socialism Is Focus
Bhaskar Sunkara
Scapegoats and Solidarity
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Don’t Retreat, the Ballot Box Belongs to Working People
Maurice Mitchell
Out of the Ashes
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Feature
Why Didn't the Progressive Movement Challenge Kamala Harris?
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
The New College Gambit
Kathryn Joyce
Palestine
Two Parties, One Genocide
Nashwa Bawab
Dispatch
Wisconsin’s Red Wave Crashers
John Nichols
Interview
'We Don't Have The Luxury Of Giving Up'
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Culture
Crosswords for Change
Kaitlin Hsu (徐欣)
Vote Harder
Matt Bors
Comics
Oligarch Victory Parade
Brian McFadden, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Mallorie Udischas-Trojan
Departments
Pack the Court
J. Patrick Patterson

Comics
Oligarch Victory Parade
New election comics, curated by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Matt Bors
Brian McFadden, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Mallorie Udischas-Trojan

Culture
Crosswords for Change
Puzzle solvers and constructors are building a new world for games.
Kaitlin Hsu (徐欣)

CultureComics
Vote Harder
This graphic novel is dreaming up alternatives to electoral politics.
Matt Bors

ViewpointElection 2024
The Path for Socialism Is Focus
The Left should reject identity politics in favor of an oppositional economic platform and credible, progressive policy solutions.
Bhaskar Sunkara

ViewpointElection 2024
Scapegoats and Solidarity
Scapegoat politics is a tempting—but harmful—distraction from the real work of solidarity-building.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

ViewpointElection 2024
Don’t Retreat, the Ballot Box Belongs to Working People
Elections aren't the only tool that the working class can use to build power. But as the Right continues to dismantle movement gains, we must use every tool available to us.
Maurice Mitchell

PalestineDispatch
Two Parties, One Genocide
Palestinians in Chicago reflect on a year of genocide and an election where Democrats supported policies that fuel violence against them while asking for their votes.
Nashwa Bawab

Dispatch
Wisconsin’s Red Wave Crashers
More than the power of money, more than the power of incumbency, more than the power of right-wing media or negative ads, the power of gerrymandering is quintessential to American politics.
John Nichols

Interview
'We Don't Have The Luxury Of Giving Up'
Five movement organizers discuss the dangerous terrain of a second Trump term—and the critical task of building working-class power.
Miles Kampf-Lassin

ViewpointElection 2024
Out of the Ashes
Democratic failure gave rise to the second round of Trumpism. Collective action is the way out.
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Departments
Pack the Court
The Supreme Court's far-right ideology has discredited it in the eyes of the American people. Some think court packing is one way to make the nation's highest justices make better decisions.
J. Patrick Patterson