Hated by the Right, mocked by the Left — who wants to be “liberal” anymore? Why we need the left-wing critique of liberalism: Because liberals got us where we are today. The problem with centrism is that it might get us all killed: Going “back to the center” and curbing climate change are mutually exclusive. The Democratic Party just admitted it doesn’t stand for anything. David Akadjian on a reason to believe — and why this is important to the Democratic Party. Primary colors: Osita Nwanevu on Democratic presidential politics, neoliberalism, and the white working class. To win the working class, Democrats need to start talking straight.
The sad reality is that being a scholar of the labor movement or the Left does not ensure that your takes on elections are any better than something you would hear from a stoned 19 year at a party in the apartment of the head of the local student activist group.
