New Future

How do we know when democracy is gone?

In cooperation with gangs and with massive popular support, Nayib Bukele is cracking down on dissidents and massively expanding the state’s carceral apparatus.

As a species, we produce gardeners, devoted caretakers, and also arsonists.

What can we learn about the history of capitalism by following slavery's supply chains?

Progressives will only make lasting progress with Latino voters if they examine not just why Trump was appealing, but also why the left was not.

The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.

Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears.

An interview with Adam Przeworski.

Does Morena’s success offer a blueprint for the left? An exchange.

The Brazilian president once argued that democracy will founder where inequality reigns. Today, he sees fighting inequality as democracy’s animating mission.

Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism was facilitated by collaborators, enablers, and an inept opposition.

Wang Bing’s Youth is an epic work of people’s history writ small.

If we dismiss concepts because of particular examples of misuse, we encourage the repression of discomforting histories and ideas.

The tragic inheritance of the Shoah is that the victims of violence are often its next perpetrators.