In defiance of global trends, Gustavo Petro’s Colombian government has sought to abandon coal and oil. But the project exposes the limits of post-extractivism in one country. When Gustavo Petro won the presidential election in Colombia in 2022, he placed climate at...
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with SpaceX earlier this week, ruling that the National Labor Relations Board’s current structure is unconstitutional. The decision will keep the agency hamstrung until the case makes its way to the Supreme Court. The United...
Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, sometimes we leftists seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics — it’s just wasting precious time. With maximalist slogans about abolishing...
The Right loves to claim that socialists want a bunch of “free stuff.” On some level, they’re right. We do. But so do they. Zohran Mamdani’s program does have the audacity to offer New Yorkers free bus rides and free childcare. But it’s curious that the Trumps are so...
In Colorado, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is spearheading state legislation that would prohibit consumers from suing businesses whose AI potentially violates consumer protection laws. Colorado’s Democratic governor, Jared Polis, has called an emergency session of...
Proposing a housing policy that will accelerate New York’s housing crisis just to troll Zohran Mamdani is an odd look for Andrew Cuomo, who ran for mayor on seriousness and experience. But badly losing a primary will do that kind of thing to a man. Ex-governor and...
Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe was convicted this month of bribing witnesses, making him the first head of state in modern Colombia to face a criminal conviction. The case is roiling the country’s political landscape. With Álvaro Uribe’s conviction for...
On August 5, a Telegram user named Arseniy wrote in a group chat: “Good morning. Today is day 1259 of the criminal war,” followed by a quotation by Albert Camus on how war distorts human nature. He was posting in an old group chat for a grassroots environmental group,...
If he wins the New York City mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani will not be in totally uncharted territory. A long line of municipal-level socialists in the United States and around the world have been in his position before. (Victor J. Blue / Bloomberg via Getty Images)...
Contrary to popular belief, the 1970s was a period in which the European left was at its strongest. Unions were powerful and socialists felt confident that the changing economy could benefit them. So why was the Left defeated a decade later? Trade unionists marching...
Though the issue has been put on the back burner in recent years, the influence of big money is still wreaking havoc on US politics. Zohran Mamdani’s grassroots-powered, publicly funded campaign for New York City mayor suggests a way out of this morass. Zohran...
Air Canada’s flight attendants have defied Ottawa’s back-to-work order, striking for pay they’ve never received for pre- and post-flight duties, from safety checks to restocking. The action exposes decades of unpaid work baked into airline operations. National...