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Socialism

  1. 2020 presidential election
    Joe Biden May Be the Last Hurrah for Moderate DemocratsBarring a Biden nomination, the time seems ripe for progressives to take the wheel in the Democratic Party, and for moderates to fall in line.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. vision 2020
    Should the Left Unite Behind Elizabeth Warren?Here’s what the left stands to gain — and lose — from Bernie Sanders competing with Warren in 2020.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. 2018 midterms
    Democratic Weakness Among Florida Latinos in 2018 a WarningA poor performance among Latinos cost Democrats the governorship and a Senate seat in this key battleground state. They’d better focus on it soon.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. fear
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Latina and a Socialist. Both Terrify Conservatives.The right’s disdain for the 29-year-old representative-elect echoes age-old fears of both Latinos and socialism.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  5. the national interest
    Two Cheers for Socialism: Why Liberals Need Enemies on the LeftI, for one, welcome our new left-wing overlords.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. socialism
    Are Democratic Voters Abandoning Capitalism for Socialism?Many Democrats find positive feelings toward socialism compatible with fondness toward small business and free enterprise. So do many millennials.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. Maryland Democrat Deploys Logic, F-Bomb in Parrying ‘Socialism’ AttacksBen Jealous gave a calm, reasonable answer to the first “socialism” question, but then understandably lost it after the second.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. politics
    Jeremy Corbyn, 1970s Revanchist, Is Suddenly the Face of the New New LeftHe epitomizes the rebirth of socialism from the failures of capitalism after the 2008 crash.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  9. Why America’s Version of Capitalism Is Incompatible With DemocracyTo restore our democracy after Trump, we will need to reduce the material inequalities that were eroding popular sovereignty long before his rise.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. the national interest
    Why Trump’s Assault on Democracy Doesn’t Bother the Illiberal LeftTrump and his party aren’t the only force in American life opposed to liberal democracy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. Could a Democratic Socialist Actually Win a Spot on City Council?Probably not, but Jabari Brisport’s campaign is still a sign of the post-Bernie new-left revival.
    By Frank Guan
  12. Goldman Sachs Accused of Giving ‘Lifeline’ to Venezuela’s Socialist DictatorAs Nicolás Maduro’s forces kill protesters and poor Venezuelans starve, the bank’s bond deal put $865 million into the ruling regime’s coffers.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. The Socialist Takeover of the Democratic Party Is Proceeding NicelyCentrist Democrats used to distance themselves from the left ahead of their presidential runs. Now, Booker and Cuomo are doing the opposite.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. Venezuela
    Venezuela’s Latest Terrible Economic Idea Is Forced LaborVenezuela’s collapse is killing a lot of people, and there’s little sign of improvement.
    By Jesse Singal
  15. the national interest
    Bernie Sanders Is the Future of the Democratic Party, Right? Not So Fast.Let’s not welcome our socialist overlords just yet.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. Republicans Are Really Hoping to Red-Bait BernieInsiders say they’ve been nice to him in primary season in hopes of getting to run hammer-and-sickle spots this fall.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. Mazel Tov to Bernie Sanders, the First Jew to Win a Presidential PrimarySanders’s triumph in New Hampshire is a landmark in the history of Jewish-American socialism.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. Entitled Millennial Workers of the World, Unite!Generation Y’s sense of entitlement is a political force worth nurturing.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. The Democrats Effectively Tied in Iowa, But Sanders Won the FutureIn 2008, Obama won voters under 30 by 43 points. In 2016, Sanders won them by 70.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. early and often
    Bernie Sanders Tells Americans They Shouldn’t Be Afraid of SocialistsHe’s reclaiming the term.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. the national interest
    Bernie Sanders and the Brazen Return of SocialismFrom scariest epithet imaginable to the center of the Democratic debate.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. Socialists Excited to Share Meaning of Socialism“We’ll still have a lot more people who know what [the word socialism] means. That’s a positive.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  23. crimes and misdemeanors
    4 Mind-bogglingly Un-Self-Aware Opinions From Bernie MadoffThe Ponzi-schemer still has feelings about de Blasio, Obama, and Chinese food.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  24. tax myths
    French Millionaires Get Their Very Own Dubious Tax Migration StoryIn which Gérard Depardieu speaks for a nation.
    By Kevin Roose
  25. math
    Government Spent Billions to Update the Résumés of Thousands of PeopleThe federal government has allocated $4.3 billion for training programs that a freakishly small amount of people are enrolled in.
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. words
    ‘Socialism’ Isn’t a Dirty Word for DemocratsIn fact, it’s about as good as capitalism.
    By Dan Amira
  27. everything is socialist
    White House Backtracks on Brainwashing SchoolchildrenBecause everything Obama does is a socialist plot of some kind, obviously.
    By Dan Amira
  28. early and often
    John the Desperate Candidate Warns of Barack the RedistributorOf course, there are some logical flaws to the socialist-redistributor argument as it applies to Obama.
    By Dan Amira