Bernie Sanders, like Robin Hood, loved by poor, hated by rich

“Among Democrats making $100k or more, Sanders gets 19% of the vote. Among those making less than $50k, he receives 30% of the vote.” And yes, because the latter group is more diverse, it means he’s d

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Why the New Deal began the black voter shift to the Democrats

See the “Mythologizing the New Deal” section of What Black Life Actually Looks Like by Cedric Johnson And African Americans and the New Deal: A Look Back in History

Current Affairs, Lyta Gold, and the Sacred Contract Between Writer and Editor

During an internet flamewar, Current Affairs editor Lyta Gold tweeted this: fyi if anyone wants to know why Anna Khachiyan is salty about Current Affairs, it’s because she submitted a miserably bad “c

It's better to separate social class and economic class than blur them as "socioeconomic" class

I don't find "socioeconomic" useful. Economic class and social class are distinct if you are willing to look closely—a member of the social elite can be unlucky enough to become working class, and som

Yes, Helena Bonham Carter, everything in life is art, but it is political too

Everything in life is also politics. In any system with rich and poor people, rich people are able to do more because most people are able to do less. To those who object: Tea is free? Pens are free?