Matt and Sam talk to B.D. McClay about the right’s freakout over Taylor Swift—and what she can tell us about American fame, fortune, and fear.
The German political establishment has abandoned the belief that the Holocaust gave it a responsibility to humanity and replaced it with a responsibility to Israel alone.
Matt and Sam talk to Jacob Heilbrunn about his new book, America Last: The Right’s Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators.
An interview with Collectif Golem, a left-wing Jewish group in France fighting antisemitism and the far right.
A roundtable discussion on the challenges that left-wing political formations face around the world.
The defeat of hardline national-Catholic rule was welcomed with euphoria by the big-tent opposition. The outcome for the Polish left is more ambiguous.
The Mexican president has built his durable popularity by combining traditionally left- and right-wing policies and positions.
After months of political battle, Bernardo Arévalo has become the president of Guatemala. His winning campaign was built on attacking the corruption of the institutions that tried to keep him from office.
The British Labour Party’s hopes rest on the belief that a combination of green industrial policy and supply-side reform can cure British economic malaise. Is this a fairy tale?
The African American perfectionists offered “faith” instead of “hope”—emphasizing the struggle to realize a vision of justice rather than passive assurance that it would prevail.
Bernstein used his status as a public figure both to popularize classical music and to support civil rights, the antiwar movement, and other political causes.
Matt and Sam explore how movement conservatives—and their think tanks—are preparing for a second Trump administration.
The Israeli left after October 7.
Marvel Studios has managed to recruit fans into rooting not just for its superheroes, but for the company’s business plan.
An interview with Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce.