The Case For Abolishing Harvard
It’s no secret that the rich have an outsized role in Ivy League colleges, both as students and alumni. But a new study, by a group of Harvard-based economists, documents in detail just how much elite...
30 Juli 202330min
Young Americans for Freedom Hates Freedom
There’s an old joke that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor even an empire. The right-wing student group Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), founded in William F. Buckley’s house in...
22 Juli 202335min
Moms For Liberty and Its Media Apologists
Although only formed in 2021, Moms For Liberty, a group agitating for reactionary policies in schools, is already a major player in national politics. Republican presidential hopefuls like Ron DeSanti...
12 Juli 202326min
Moira Donegan on the Reactionary Vision of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ended its term last week with a spate of extremely right-wing decisions that included severely restricting affirmative action in elite universities and colleges, clawing back on anti...
5 Juli 202338min
The State of the Left in Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua
This week we return to Central and South America with Jeffrey Gould, a scholar and filmmaker who has a long history of documenting social movements in the region. Currently distinguished visiting prof...
28 Juni 202353min
Establishment Economics Under Siege
The debate over the causes of inflation is heating up and showing an important divide in the discipline of economics. Mainstream economists like Larry Summers blame it on rising wages and recommend in...
21 Juni 202335min
Pat Robertson’s Terrible Legacy
Pat Robertson, who died at age 93, was a much hated figure on the left and for good reason. For many decades, through his television show, The 700 Club, and in his frequent interventions in political ...
14 Juni 202328min
Car Dealers Versus Electric Vehicles
Accelerating the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) is a centerpiece of Joe Biden’s climate policy. In making this push, the most likely choke point will come not from the car companies but from car dea...
7 Juni 202330min
