The Trump administration moved ahead last week with its plans to void the collective bargaining agreements covering hundreds of thousands of federal workers. The labor movement appears largely quiescent in the face of this historic union busting.
"Joel’s Army"—the militant Protestant movement that fueled both the January 6 insurrection and the recent political assassinations in Minnesota—is rearing its head once again, this time in the 2026 race for California governor.
Group geared at mobilizing young leftist candidates saw record sign-up after Mamdani’s NYC victory. Mamdani bump blends excitement about the candidate, interest in leftist policies and zeal for shoe-leather campaigning, both on the ground and online.
American history offers three general strategies of repair and renewal.
By emphasizing scientific uncertainty above other values, political appointees can block any regulatory action they want to.
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A new study from the Center for Working‑Class Politics and Jacobin reveals where working-class voters stand on key issues and how they differ from wealthier Americans. The message: economic populism must be the core of progressive appeals to workers.
Avoiding an income-tax increase is nice, but that’s not the bill’s greatest gift to the rich.
This book looks at previously under examined aspects of Arendt's thinking, especially regarding issues of love, gender, and race, in order to probe more deeply into the work of one of the 20th century's most celebrated political thinkers.
Trump's clemency for Hoover and other drug offenders follows a pattern that began during his first term in the White House. Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of at least 13 people convicted of federal drug crimes between 2017 and 2021.
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