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Reader Comments: Thankful for Farmworkers; Mamdani and Wilson - Democratic Socialists and FDR Democrats; Legal Orders; What We Forgot About Socialism; Raising Taxes on the Ultrarich; New Approach to Getting Rid of Citizens United; The Montana Plan;

It’s been done before—we can do it again in New York and beyond

When an economy is guided by social purpose instead of profit, it can serve the common good and lay a foundation for long-term progress, a lesson that we should all remember as we face the existential threat of the climate crisis.

The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights.

"I ask no mercy and I plead for no immunity. I never so clearly comprehended as now the great struggle between the powers of greed and exploitation on the one hand and upon the other the rising hosts of industrial freedom and social justice.”

Elections are the one opportunity we have to see what the people think. And what they think is clear: Trump sucks.

Reviving the History of the American Left

Over Half of Democrats Have ‘Positive View of Socialism.’ We Asked Trump Voters About Grocery Prices. Could Cleverly Sliced Paper Revolutionize Human Waste? A House of Dynamite | Movie Trailer. Concerned New Yorker Rhonda LaCenzo on Zohran Mamdani.

Readers Comments: Chicago Invaded-by ICE, Texas National Guard; Trump's Labor Dept Says ICE Raids Causing Food Crisis; Boat Strikes Just the Beginning, Now CIA Missions Planned Against Venezuela; What's Happening in US Socialism; All-Out for Oct 18;