I’m a Marxist-Feminist Slut—How Do I Find an Open Relationship? I’m a Marxist-Feminist Slut—How Do I Find an Open Relationship?
Another reader asks how to handle a trash-talking comrade in a tight-knit activist community.
Sep 8, 2017 / Liza Featherstone
The Lost Alternatives of Mikhail Gorbachev The Lost Alternatives of Mikhail Gorbachev
Thirty years ago, the last Soviet leader gave the world the possibilities of a democratic Russia and (with Ronald Reagan) an end to Cold War and nuclear arms races. Today, it is as...
Aug 24, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Our Bigot in Chief Has Shown His True Colors Our Bigot in Chief Has Shown His True Colors
After Charlottesville, we must resist this man with every fiber of our being.
Aug 23, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky
Democrats Are Starting a Fierce Internal Debate. Finally. Democrats Are Starting a Fierce Internal Debate. Finally.
The party establishment won’t change on its own, and Democratic leaders won’t see the light unless they feel the heat.
Aug 22, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Durham Residents Turned Out En Masse to Counter White Supremacists Durham Residents Turned Out En Masse to Counter White Supremacists
The fear was that Klansmen would come to replicate the violence that had just racked Charlottesville.
Aug 21, 2017 / Barry Yeoman
It’s Not Hysterical to Recognize the Threat Trump Poses It’s Not Hysterical to Recognize the Threat Trump Poses
Democracy, such as it is, really is in danger.
Aug 17, 2017 / Katha Pollitt
Not Rights but Justice: It’s Time to Make Nazis Afraid Again Not Rights but Justice: It’s Time to Make Nazis Afraid Again
The history of anti-fascism is not one of asking; it’s one of direct confrontation.
Aug 16, 2017 / Natasha Lennard
Can Medicare for All Succeed? Can Medicare for All Succeed?
Some readers took issue with Joshua Holland’s recent article on the challenges of achieving universal health coverage through Medicare expansion.
Aug 16, 2017 / Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, Ida Hellander, and Joshua Holland
Democrats Are Fighting Among Themselves, and That’s Okay Democrats Are Fighting Among Themselves, and That’s Okay
When parties are in the wilderness, they need a healthy debate about ideals.
Aug 11, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
How Do I Contain My Rage at the Patriarchy? How Do I Contain My Rage at the Patriarchy?
Another reader asks about love in a time of organizing.
Aug 11, 2017 / Liza Featherstone