How Aren’t We Going to Pay for That?
Ryan Cooper’s book is a surprisingly effective way to expose a conservative know-it-all or a liberal naïf to a sensible, progressive worldview—and it’s enjoyable to boot. Spending hawks beware, social democracy in America is possible.
Inside the Postliberal Mind
Adrian Vermeule’s new book was not written to persuade hostile readers, but to provide ammunition for his allies. It gives us a peek under the hood of postliberalism—and the contents are both shoddy and dangerous.
Right-Wing Evangelicals and Big Business: An Unholy Alliance
Right-wing evangelicals have played a huge role in the perpetuation of the vast chasm between the rich and poor, conflating Christianity with selfish libertarianism and cult-like support for the Republican Party.
The Political Economy of Racism: A Review of Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism
Jonathan Tran’s new book advances a powerful analysis of racism that centers political economy and the misery of racial capitalism. His work is a pathbreaking contribution to antiracist literature, even if it doesn’t always deliver on its promises.
The Anti-Trans Onslaught Is Just Beginning
The longer project of the anti-gender right is just beginning to unfold. This fascistic movement must be fought. At stake is the very survival of trans people.
Sanctuary for Trans Lives
Gov. Abbot’s order to investigate trans children is a clarion call for the church. For the sake of our trans neighbors, out-organizing the right is not just an option, it is a matter of survival.
Offer It Up: The Far Right on Christian Crowdfunders
GiveSendGo isn’t just another far right Kickstarter clone. It’s an expression of long-established Christian financial frameworks.
The Banality of Goodness
Miles Meth, a queer Jewish organizer, recounts his journey to Germany to discover the awe-inspiring, ordinary goodness of human relationships and solidarity—and a new way to think about our damaged future.
A Different World
A recent review at First Things pans Fred Moten as an “insider-outsider” who sits atop the very hierarchies he claims to defy. Jared Loggins shows how this misunderstands both Moten and the fugitive black tradition.
Socialism Within Markets: Economic Democracy from Above and Below
Socialists have long debated the possibility of markets within socialism. Today, the utopian impulse that fired the market socialist debate of the ‘90s has resurged, because there had damned well better be an alternative to extreme inequality and destroying the planet.