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Fiction

The Babies

When the townsfolk gathered to dip that year’s births in the creek, all saw what the midwife had already observed: all the babies were the same baby.

Global Justice

Evil Empire

Militarization. Imperialism. American hypocrisy. Our latest issue is available to preorder now.

World

Who Supports Brazil's New Strongman?

Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is within an inch of the presidency. His popularity suggests Brazilian politics might never be the same.

Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Marcelo K. Silva

Philosophy & Religion

Below the Asphalt Lies the Beach

There is still much to learn from the radical legacy of critical theory.

Law & Justice

Resisting the Juristocracy

The cult of the higher judiciary had its limits long before the left failed to block Kavanaugh. Now the only progressive move is to reclaim democracy.

Law & Justice

Managing Innocence

The Innocence Movement faces a perverse rhetorical puzzle: righting the isolated wrongful conviction only reinforces public faith in the system as a whole.

Joseph Margulies

Law & Justice

In the Name of Public Safety

The Mass Bail Out at Rikers Island shows that freedom is a critical part of public safety.

Jocelyn Simonson

Literature & Culture

Lenny Boy

A personal essay on family, death, and the healing power of music.

Peter E. Gordon

Forum

A Turning Point in Israel

The government’s new Nation State Law codifies prejudice, but therein lies a silver lining.

Class & Inequality

The Last Man to Know Everything

The Marxist-environmental historian Mike Davis has produced a rich corpus critical of capitalism.

Literature & Culture

Who's Got Personality?

The Myers-Briggs Bias: An Interview with Merve Emre

Merve Emre, Deborah Chasman

Literature & Culture, Race

Sorry, Not Sorry

Boots Riley's new film roasts racial capitalism and issues an unapologetic call for revolution.

Robin D. G. Kelley

Class & Inequality

Left Behind by Korea’s Success

Public Benefit, Incorporated

Lenore Palladino

Marx’s New Deal

Marshall Steinbaum

The Limits of Antitrust Enforcement

The Market Police

The Last Man to Know Everything

Think Different

Free the Beach

Andrew W. Kahrl

The Democrats’ Yawning Silence on Trade

Race

Hoverboarding While Black

Clarence Harlan Orsi

How Slavery Inspired Modern Business Management

Caitlin C. Rosenthal

Sorry, Not Sorry

Robin D. G. Kelley

MLK Now

Brandon M. Terry

White Supremacy Has Always Been Mainstream

Stephen Kantrowitz

Janelle Monáe for President

Christopher Lebron

Black AfterLives Matter

A Love Supreme

Free the Beach

Andrew W. Kahrl

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Award-Winning Short Stories

READING LIST

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Liberalism and the Left

READING LIST

American politics has seen the fiercest resurgence of left-liberal conflict since the 1960s. These pieces survey what’s at issue—from identity politics and the legacy of the Clintons, to Sanders, socialism, and the future of the Democratic Party.

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