Adam Michnik, a leading force in the Solidarity trade union movement, and the founder and editor of the largest Polish daily newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, was an outspoken supporter of the war in Iraq.

The administration is attempting to incapacitate the redistributive and social protective arms of the state, while exploiting its vast bureaucratic powers to silence, threaten, and deport. Melinda ...

Trump has destroyed a federal system of labor relations that helped contain conflict for decades. The move could have unintended consequences. Joseph A. McCartin ▪ April 1, 2025 Federal workers ...

In the first of two episodes on Elon Musk, Matt and Sam explore the billionaire’s fraught adolescence and first years in Silicon Valley. Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ March 17, 2025 Elon ...

In the second of two episodes on Elon Musk, Matt and Sam examine key moments in the billionaire’s political derangement, his purchase of Twitter, and his role in Trump’s second term. If there’s ever ...

An interview with Jessica Pishko, author of The Highest Law in the Land.

The Chinese government has rebuffed bold consumption stimulus policy. But boosting domestic household spending is precisely what the country needs to achieve healthy growth. Ho-fung Hung ▪ ...

Zed Books, 2012, 224 pp. The financial crisis of 2007–2008 inspired a shallow but significant revival of Marxist analysis in academic life. A violent upsurge in theory, however, has corresponded to no ...

This article is one in a series of arguments on U.S. history in our summer issue. Barack Obama sought the middle of the road. “It is incontrovertible that race relations have improved significantly in ...

Tenant organizers demand that housing be more than just a bare roof over your head, and in doing so they make space for a full life. Sarah Jaffe ▪ Winter 2025 A group of tenants celebrates a ...

W.W. Norton, 2024, 176 pp. Over the past eight years, a series of major document leaks has shone a spotlight on tax havens and their users. The Panama Papers, made up of 11.5 million documents from ...

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