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A Seaside Shrine to the Slaveholders’ Insurrection

October 27, 2026

Jefferson Davis is the only traitor with a “presidential library”—and you paid for it. My visit to America's most appalling tourist attraction...

by Nathan J. Robinson

Traveling Route 66 in the Age of Data Centers

October 26, 2026

Driving through America’s back roads, the emptiness of the information superhighways comes into sharp relief.

by Jesse Wright

9/11 Began 25 Years of Nonstop War and Abuses of Power

September 11, 2026

Never forget: the attacks brought us into an era of torture, the erosion of civil liberties, and the destruction of multiple Middle East countries.

by Pam Bailey

How to Defend Black History

August 27, 2026

Since the era of Reconstruction, Black historians have always fought to defend the truth against white supremacist mythology. In the second Trump administration, we must again.

by Robert Greene II

When Bernie Ran Burlington

May 26, 2026

As Reaganism took hold nationally in the '80s, a Vermont socialist became a popular mayor. Bernie Sanders' first time in office offers lessons for the left in the age of Trump.

by Nathan J. Robinson

India’s Forgotten Experiment in Socialist City-Building

May 11, 2026

More than 75 years before Zohran Mamdani, refugees in Faridabad, India proved that the working class can run its own cities.

by Rishi Mittal

What I Learned From Reading Apartheid Propaganda

May 06, 2026

The narratives people used to defend South Africa and Rhodesia in the 20th century sound a lot like the ones that are deployed to defend Israel today.

by Andrew Ancheta

The Militant Coal Miners Who Still Haunt Pennsylvania

April 14, 2026

More than 150 years ago, a group of Irish coal miners called the Molly Maguires were executed in Pennsylvania. Today, the same labor wars continue.

by Alex Skopic