With a proclaimed socialist, and some claiming the individual is actually a communist, running in the New York City mayoral race, a renewed debate about the three “isms” of socialism, communism and ...

Socialism is an economic and political system in which the means of production – such as factories, land, and resources – are owned or controlled collectively by society, usually through the ...

The New York City mayoral race has democratic socialism on every voter's mind, given that it is the basis for frontrunner Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign. But what exactly is a Democratic Socialist, ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial ...

It is hard not to notice the word “socialism” appearing steadily more often in steadily more places. Some appearances of the word aim to register dismissal or hate. But many appearances aim to ...

This article appears in the August 2024 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. The most distinctively American contribution to the world’s philosophical tradition is pragmatism.

NEW YORK -- When Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, Grace Mausser had just graduated from college. "I was very much a part of the liberal establishment -- more on ...

Asking people about New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and his democratic socialist beliefs is the new Rorschach test ahead of the 2026 congressional elections. As far as voters like Alexandria ...

Writing “The Red Riviera” taught me that even flawed socialist systems offered insights into equality, solidarity, and the dignity of everyday life. A mother and her children beg in a pedestrian ...