Animal Rights Are Human Rights
On the imperative of inter-species solidarity.
The Future of the Welfare State
Strengthening social insurance programs will require a break from politics as usual.
Is Humanitarian Intervention Possible?
Using military force to solve humanitarian crises gained popularity after the Cold War, but decades of foreign policy blunders have called it into question.
The Black Scholars Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Want Students to Read
Among them are Kimberlé Crenshaw, Angela Davis, bell hooks, and Robin D. G. Kelley. You can read them here.
At 79, Angela Davis Is Still Fighting for a Better World
A reading list in honor of the radical philosopher’s birthday.
A Century of the Frankfurt School
The Institute for Social Research was founded one hundred years ago. We ignore its prescient theorists at our peril.
Twenty of Our Most Loved Essays of 2022
From politics, labor, and race to philosophy, literature, and sex.
Ten Essays You Might Have Missed
Don’t let these pieces pass you by!
Is There a Cure for Medical Racism?
From unequal rates of COVID-19 death and hospitalization to biased pulse oximeters, medicine must reckon with the racism in its midst.
The Meaning of the FTX Meltdown
The crypto exchange’s spectacular failure is the product of a bankrupt corporate culture.
Affirmative Action Under Threat
If the Supreme Court deems it unconstitutional, how else might we challenge entrenched inequalities?
Putting Elections in Perspective
Can more parties fix American democracy?—and other questions about our electoral system as the midterms approach.
What Does Fascism Mean Today?
And does it apply to the far right?
The Value of Care Work
Without it, society would fall apart.
Public Trust Is a Political Problem—Not Just an Epistemic One
It won’t be solved through fact checking.
Beyond the Debt Economy
We can put an end to unjust debts by embracing public goods.
Solidarity Makes Us Strong
A reading list for Labor Day 2022.
Privacy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism
An “unholy alliance” of state and private industry threatens to undermine democracy and individual autonomy.
Remembering James Baldwin
Explore the ideas, influence, and legacy of this extraordinary American writer.
How to Avert Climate Catastrophe
Acknowledging the immediacy of global warming does not mean succumbing to despair.
Human Rights and Their Discontents
Advocacy of human rights has a long history on the left, but does it have a future?
A Very Short History of Freedom and Violence
An anti-imperialism reading list for July 4th.
Reproductive Justice After <em>Roe</em>
As Roe is struck down by the Supreme Court, we bring together recent and archival essays to assess what is at stake—and how we might move from reproductive rights to reproductive justice.
No Struggle, No Progress
A Juneteenth reading list on racial capitalism, resistance, and remaking the world.
