Bernie Sanders

Can the Clinton campaign slogan chart a path forward for Democrats? Its history tells another story.

The meritocratic pitch was emblematic of Democrats’ long march away from working-class voters.

Stephen Bright and Bryan Stevenson defended the abolition of capital punishment at a moment when political support for that movement reached its nadir.

Grassroots support for public banks early in the 20th century revealed the popularity of socialism-aligned economic ideas.

At its peak in the 1920s and early ’30s, the Socialist Party in Wisconsin used confrontational tactics and nonsocialists alliances to make legislative advances.

The spirit of socialism has coursed through the American Midwest ever since the movement emerged, continuing to animate the political landscape today.

Should equality, instead of another political ideal, should be at the center of our politics?

Vito Marcantonio fought racial, social, and economic injustices, promoting cross-cultural solidarity and progressive ideals amid McCarthyism and segregation.

Appeals against the war in Gaza are often framed through the lens of the future: “You will regret having been silent.” What about the present tense?

The law is routinely blamed for a very real problem it had nothing to do with.

On revisiting the anti-imperialism of the 1960s and ’70s amid the return of left internationalism.

In a new book, “Did it Happen Here?,” scholars debate what the F-word conceals and what it reveals.

How to thrive in the power élite—while declaring it your enemy.

Decisions about medical training and licensing in the 19th and early 20th century are still having an impact today.

Keir Milburn argues that generational analysis can explain class operation while Adolph Reed Jr. writes that it obscures historically specific social relations.

A sweeping new history weaves personal, intellectual, and spiritual narratives into a book that reminds us of the potential of the socialist movement.

The late socialist writer's first book was a deep exploration of how the US labor movement became so weakened.

The consequences of racial separation are significant for left political organizing aimed at building a multiracial working-class majority.

In the absence of tax dollars, American cities like Baltimore are now funding themselves by fining the poor instead of taxing the rich.

A conversation with historian Gary Gerstle about understanding neoliberalism as a bipartisan worldview and how the political order it ushered in has crumbled.