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The Garland Fund was not a typical foundation, but its history shows the potential role philanthropy can play in moments of rising authoritarianism—and the tensions inherent in that role.

While streaming on Amazon is a little on the nose, the Fallout television series admirably embraces the anti-capitalist critique of the original video game franchise. Its apocalyptic alternate America feels less far-fetched every day.

Iranians have been trying to complete their democratic revolution for over a century. Every time the US gets involved, it sets that project back by decades.

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

A left that fails to analyze the causal role of Western militarism, even when analyzing the crimes of its adversaries, risks becoming a moralizing appendage to the very power structures it claims to oppose.

A losing bet for working people.

From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.

MAGA is clear about its intent to attempt a coup, centrist forces at the heart of the Democratic Party will be unable to resist it. We need a movement led by the socialist left and a presidential candidate like AOC to resist the coup.

178th anniversary of the Communist manifesto

Kent Wong’s life and work constitute a legacy of vision and integrity. He built bridges—between labor and the academy, immigrant and native-born workers, nations long divided by ideology. He challenged labor to live up to its ideals of solidarity.