National / Politics May 9, 2021
More young Japanese look to Marx amid pandemic and climate crisis
An associate professor at Osaka City University has ignited interest in the German thinker with books and TV appearances.
Commentary / World Nov 18, 2020
In the U.S., socialism isn't the way to win the working class
by Noah Smith
Unions and infrastructure don’t fulfill the Republican's small-government dreams of previous decades, but they could represent a centrist alternative to the growing popularity of socialism.
Commentary / World Oct 25, 2020
Socialism is no longer just a specter
by George F. Will
Today, counter-COVID-19 spending already is approximately five times larger than that triggered by the Great Recession of 2008.
Commentary / World Aug 6, 2020
The specter of financial socialism
by Jesper Koll
The world needs a strong and confident narrative of free-market capitalism and liberal democracy more than ever.
Commentary / World Mar 25, 2019
by Robert Samuelson
Americans now broadly support government programs that would be considered socialism in other countries.
World Aug 19, 2018
After Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's 60-fold increase to the minimum wage, store-owners on Saturday wrestled with an anguishing decision: Close up shop or hit customers with steep price hikes at the risk of sinking the business. In a set of sweeping announcements that shocked many ...
Commentary / World Nov 24, 2015
Sanders is a socialist and so are you
by Ted Rall
By global standards, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sander's campaign platform is mainstream policy, but in America it's viewed with deep suspicion bred of ignorance.