The Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class

Noam Scheiber The New York Times
Support for labor unions among college graduates has increased from 55 percent in the late 1990s to around 70 percent in the last few years, and is even higher among younger college graduates. That may help explain an upsurge for organized labor.

Politics: The Democrats’ Progress

Sarah Miller and Faiz Shakir Democracy
Democrats appear to have shed the neoliberal policy framework and have begun to embrace populist policies. But Democrats’ approach to politics has yet to adjust to its evolving embrace of populist policies.

Female Face of Russian Anti-War Movement: Why Women Protest?

Ella Rossman Left East
Why does the anti-war movement in Russia have a female face? To answer this question, we need to turn to the development of Russian feminism over the past ten years. Feminism in Russia has gone through a rebirth.

Elon Musk and the Oligarchs of the ‘Second Gilded Age’

Nolan Higdon The Conversation
Musk’s desire in buying Twitter goes beyond a desire to shape public discourse. Today’s equivalent of the Gilded Age oligarchs, who are gobbling up increasing chunks of the media landscape, also have access to a trove of personal data of users.

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The Civilian Deaths You Haven’t Heard About

Nick Turse TomDispatch
For the last two decades, the United States has been conducting an undeclared war across much of the globe. It has taken pains to normalize the use of drone warfare outside established war zones.

Why Politics Matters for Amazon Workers

Eric Blanc Labor Politics
A reborn workers’ movement needs both organized workplace militancy and left-wing politicians that back them. Sunday’s Staten Island Amazon rallies — attended by Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other elected officials — featured both.