August/September 2025 Volume 49, Issue 07
August/September 2025
Viewpoint
Zohran’s Political Revolution
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left
Asha Ransby-Sporn
Dispatch
Teachers Try to Beat the Heat
McKenna Schueler
Departments
Under Health Communism, Care is a Human Right
J. Patrick Patterson
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
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