How Status Quo Democrats Could Create Another Trump

A new study suggests Democrats’ broken promises won’t just cost them elections — they could fuel an even more dangerous MAGA backlash.

The Left Needs More Working-Class Leaders

A new report finds a massive divide between working-class voters and college-educated progressives. Closing it means handing working-class people real power over a left-wing program.

For Many Muslim Women, Suspicion After 9/11 Remains

Muslim women have spent 25 years navigating the effects of 9/11 — and a growing perception that their faith and visibility pose a cultural threat.

Data Center Resistance and Multiracial Democracy

Anti-data center sentiment, from Kentucky to Michigan, is proving to be an effective way to overcome racial divisions and carve out new winning coalitions.

Generation Z in Iran: A Contemporary Perspective

Iran’s Generation Z may constitute a significant arena of political engagement and potential transformation, within which new forms of political consciousness and collective agency are taking shape.

Friday Nite Videos | September 11, 2026

Things Get Weird at the GOP Midterm 'Convention'. It Ain’t Fun Being MAGA No More | Parody Song. Kimmel - Talarico: The FCC-Forbidden Interview. The People Abusing Welfare Are Not Who You Think. Murdering 60 Minutes.

New Bill Proposes 32-Hour Work Week

Supporters argue that AI and automation mean businesses can produce more with less human labor and that employees should receive some of those gains as additional time away from work.

60 Posts in 10 Hours: Trump’s Reality

With an assist from A.I., President Trump's prolific social media posts offer a window into how he wants to be seen — and, critics say, a barometer of his mental state.

Are We Prepared for Life Beyond Earth?

In our view, the question is not whether humanity will discover life beyond Earth, but whether it is prepared for the consequences when it does.

Eight Feminist Writers on Gloria Steinem

Our global panel of writers reflect on what Gloria Steinem, who died last week at age 92, meant to them
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Culture

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The Party of Baristas

Gabriel Winant Dissent Magazine
Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.

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Muriel Rukeyser and the Poetry of Antifascism

Jeremy Wang-Iverson Rain Taxi
This new collection of essays, articles, and radio scripts should help bring renewed attention to this too-little-known modernist left wing poet and writer.

Labor

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The Left Needs More Working-Class Leaders

Jake Triola Jacobin
A new report finds a massive divide between working-class voters and college-educated progressives. Closing it means handing working-class people real power over a left-wing program.

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They Cleaned Up Ground Zero. Now Many Are Hiding From ICE

Jasmine Gersd NPR
Women in profile in a living room. It's not known how many undocumented workers were involved in the 9/11 cleanup, but advocates say it's somewhere between 2,000 and 6,000 people. The fear of being picked up by Immigration has added to the PTSD which most of the group suffer.

Friday nite video

Things Get Weird at the GOP Midterm 'Convention'

Michael Kosta dives into the highlights, including Trump’s pledge to give out $5,000 "dividends" if the GOP wins the House and Senate and the president's unhelpful roast of Ken Paxton

Murdering 60 Minutes

What corporate consolidation and oligarch ownership mean for journalism, democracy, and the public’s access to independent information, and what the public can do to defend a free press