Forum

All Reproduction Is Assisted

Feminism needs better reproductive strategies.

Merve Emre

War & Security

The U.S. Debt to Syria

With Assad preparing a major offensive on the last rebel stronghold, the United States must offer a path forward. 

Aslı U. Bâli, Aziz Rana

Class & Inequality

The Democrats’ Yawning Silence on Trade

The left has not articulated an alternative trade agenda that supports all the world’s workers in a global economy.

Erik Loomis

Philosophy & Religion

When Catholicism Embraced Modernity

In the mid-twentieth century, the Church radically changed its position on whether religion is a public or private matter.

Sarah Shortall

Print Issues

Once and Future Feminist

What can tech do for feminism? Our latest issue looks at the promises and the perils. Buy your copy today.

Politics

Erdogan’s Ottomania

In a bid to consolidate power, Erdoğan is reshaping Turkish politics in the image of the Ottoman past.

M. Hakan Yavuz

Class & Inequality

Public Benefit, Incorporated

Three simple changes to corporate law could radically remake our economy.

Lenore Palladino

Politics

Be Realistic: Demand the Impossible

The revolutionaries of 1968 didn't succeed, but the world still needs turning upside down.

Peter Linebaugh

Law & Justice, Race

Hoverboarding While Black

In the era of digital neighborhoods, social networks embolden a new kind of racial surveillance.

Clarence Harlan Orsi

Race

White Supremacy Has Always Been Mainstream

“Very fine people”—fathers, husbands, and sons, as well as mothers, wives, and daughters—have always been central to the work of white supremacy.

Stephen Kantrowitz

Race

Black AfterLives Matter

Second chances are the currency of white supremacy. To be white is to colonize the afterlife.

Ruha Benjamin

Gender & Sexuality

Going to Work in Mommy's Basement

From laundry to meal prep, apps tend to mimic maternal care. Is this good for women?

Sarah Sharma