“Socialism Is the Future”: Inside the 2023 YDSA Conference “Socialism Is the Future”: Inside the 2023 YDSA Conference
In mid-April, hundreds of young socialists from around the country gathered at the Chicago Teachers Union for a weekend of education and debate.
May 19, 2023 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
The California Teachers’ Strikes Have a Vital Lesson for the Labor Movement The California Teachers’ Strikes Have a Vital Lesson for the Labor Movement
These educators won big—and showed how to use a strike to better society as a whole.
May 19, 2023 / Cecily Myart-Cruz
The Midwest Academy Is Still Training the Organizers Who Make Another World Possible The Midwest Academy Is Still Training the Organizers Who Make Another World Possible
Fifty years after its founding, the organization keeps, in the words of Bernie Sanders, doing “exactly what needs to be done in the country.”
May 19, 2023 / John Nichols
Why the Right Embraces Military-Veteran Vigilantes Why the Right Embraces Military-Veteran Vigilantes
The right is often misconstrued as anti-war. In reality, it wants to wage its war on American soil—against people whose Americanness it won’t recognize.
May 19, 2023 / Spencer Ackerman
The Man Who Called Breonna Taylor’s Killing “Justified” Could Be Kentucky’s Next Governor The Man Who Called Breonna Taylor’s Killing “Justified” Could Be Kentucky’s Next Governor
Attorney General Daniel Cameron sided with the police after Taylor’s death. Now, he’s the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee.
May 18, 2023 / John Nichols
What You’re Voting For What You’re Voting For
Grab him by the election.
May 18, 2023 / OppArt / Clay Bennett
Notes of a Russian Visitor Notes of a Russian Visitor
The director of PEN Moscow is worried about Russophobia.
May 18, 2023 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
More “Dangerous Nonsense” From “The New York Times” on the Debt Ceiling More “Dangerous Nonsense” From “The New York Times” on the Debt Ceiling
There are multiple legal pathways to resolve the current debt “crisis.” Having the president and House speaker agree on spending cuts to programs already approved by Congress is no...
May 18, 2023 / James K. Galbraith
Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Will Almost Certainly Be a Black Woman Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Will Almost Certainly Be a Black Woman
Yet, for all her claims to history, primary winner Cherelle Parker was the status quo candidate in a city where the status quo is badly broken.
May 18, 2023 / Gene Seymour
Jeffrey Toobin on the Roots of Jan. 6 and Adam Hochschild on Anti-Woke History Jeffrey Toobin on the Roots of Jan. 6 and Adam Hochschild on Anti-Woke History
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, the legacy of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building; and reading Hillsdale College’s “1776 Curriculum.”
May 18, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense