Christopher Hill is perhaps the only historian of seventeenth-century England to retain a popular readership over the last fifty years. Nor is anyone currently living likely to match that accomplishment. Hill’s most famous book was The World Turned Upside Down, first...
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The Catholic Church Has Always Been a Worldly Institution
The extraordinary longevity of the Catholic Church could make it seem like a body that floats above the everyday world of political and economic life. In reality, the Church has always been firmly linked to structures of power and property. A medieval miniature...
Looking for Answers in Marseille’s Deadly Housing Collapse
On November 5, 2018, eight people were killed in Marseille when two buildings collapsed. The site remains a scar on France’s second city, and local residents are still waiting for someone to be held accountable for the deaths. A woman holds a photo of her daughter, a...
Birthright Citizenship and Legal Equality Are Worth Defending
J. D. Vance has attacked birthright citizenship and equality before the law by claiming that “America is not an idea.” But the realization of these ideals has been America’s greatest achievement. Vice President J. D. Vance speaking in Huger, South Carolina, on May 1,...
Trump’s Pension Chief Pick Could Profit From Looser Rules
Donald Trump’s nominee to regulate retirement savings, Daniel Aronowitz, wants to protect employers and retirement fund managers from lawsuits alleging they fleeced retirees with exorbitant fees — a rule change his company could profit from. President Donald Trump...
Australian Labor’s Landslide Is a Win for the Status Quo
Labor PM Anthony Albanese promised more of the same, with maybe a little bit of tinkering if the budget allows. And thanks to opposition leader Peter Dutton’s abysmal Trump imitation, it won Labor a landslide victory in Saturday's Australian election. Prime Minister...
Louisville Meets Trump’s Deportation Threats With Solidarity
In March, the Trump administration revoked the legal status of 532,000 Latin American immigrants here under the “humanitarian parole” system. Affected workers in Louisville, Kentucky, have seen an outpouring of support from the local labor movement. United Auto...
To Rebuild Post-Fire, Los Angeles Should Look to Singapore
Months after the fires, Los Angeles is beginning to rebuild, but current proposals don’t address the city’s long-standing housing issues. LA should emulate Singapore, which took a devastating fire as a cue to revolutionize its housing market. Excavators demolish...
Democrats Learned to Love Class Dealignment
The neoliberal economic program embraced by the Clinton-era Democratic Party alienated many working-class voters. Democrats responded by reorienting their electoral strategy toward professional-class voters, accelerating workers’ departure from the party. US...
Only a Democratic Constitution Can Stop Trumpism
Many liberal commentators are invoking the Constitution as a bulwark against Donald Trump’s attacks on civil liberties. The truth is, our nation’s antidemocratic founding document has allowed the authoritarian right to entrench its power. US president Donald Trump...
The US Must Do More to Address the Impact of Agent Orange
This week is the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. The poisonous Agent Orange used by the US in the war continues to have destructive effects on the Vietnamese people, harms for which the US government still bears responsibility. A woman sits alone in a...
Israel Is Attacking Aid Ships to Gaza — Again
What does it say about the state of Israel and its backers that it can get away with repeated attacks on aid shipments to Palestinian civilians? The Freedom Flotilla Coalition is an international network of anti-genocide activists working to end Israel’s illegal...