August/September 2025 Volume 49, Issue 07
August/September 2025
Viewpoint
The Real Estate Pity Party
Thomas Birmingham and Rebecca Burns
How Zohran Mamdani Achieved Escape Velocity from Politics as Usual
Dania Rajendra and Rebecca Vilkomerson
Zohran’s Political Revolution
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left
Asha Ransby-Sporn
Feature
Mobile Home Mobilization
Eleni Schirmer
Dispatch
Teachers Try to Beat the Heat
McKenna Schueler
Interview
New Book Helps Organizers Become Better Lovers and Comrades
Jane Houseal, Eman Abdelhadi and Dean Spade
Cartoonists Band Together for Palestine
Daniel Lukes
Departments
Under Health Communism, Care is a Human Right
J. Patrick Patterson
InterviewCulture
New Book Helps Organizers Become Better Lovers and Comrades
Dean Spade joins Eman Abdelhadi to discuss how we can balance our intimate relationships with our political work.
Jane Houseal, Eman Abdelhadi and Dean Spade
ViewpointCover Story
The Real Estate Pity Party
Tenant power helped carry Zohran Mamdani to victory—and the landlord lobby is none too pleased.
Thomas Birmingham and Rebecca Burns
ViewpointPalestinePolitics
How Zohran Mamdani Achieved Escape Velocity from Politics as Usual
An optimistic, disciplined Left can draw centrists into the coalition—by rejecting their politics.
Dania Rajendra and Rebecca Vilkomerson
InterviewCultureComics
Cartoonists Band Together for Palestine
A new anthology brings more than 60 artists together to dream of a free Palestine.
Daniel Lukes
Departments
Gil Scott-Heron: A New Popular Musician with Less Glitter, More Politics
Gil Scott-Heron inspired generations of politically conscious musicians to speak out against injustice despite surveillance and backlash.
Steve Chapple
Departments
Under Health Communism, Care is a Human Right
In their 2022 book, Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant argue that under capitalism, the sick and elderly are treated like surplus populations—and that a better system is possible.
J. Patrick Patterson
Dispatch
Teachers Try to Beat the Heat
As extreme heat rises in Orlando, Fla., teachers turn to collective bargaining to ensure comfortable, air-conditioned classrooms.
McKenna Schueler
ViewpointCover StoryPolitics
Zohran’s Political Revolution
Mamdani's win in the New York City Democratic primary shows that the old tricks of the political establishment are dying out—and something new is being born.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
ViewpointCover Story
What the Left Must Learn from Mamdani
Our role on the Left is to set aside our cynicism and push through the specter of electoral losses to help set the table for our political future.
Alex Han
ViewpointCover Story
Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left
Looked at closely, Mamdani’s campaign shows the crucial role—and potential—of Black voters in America’s insurgent left political coalition.
Asha Ransby-Sporn