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Confessions of a Former DSA Organizer
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Maya Sulkin
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Abdul El-Sayed’s Victory and the Democrats’ Anti-American Turn
In 2008, Obama had to renounce his association with an anti-American preacher to win his party’s nomination. In 2026, El-Sayed embraced an anti-American…
Eli Lake
Former Democratic Operative Evan Barker Tells All
Evan shares her conversion from political insider to critic, why she decided to speak out, how her party changed, and what she thinks of the democratic…
Lucy Biggers
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Arthur Brooks: Will Socialism Make You Happy?
If you see a belief that appears out of nowhere, if you are suddenly pressured to change your life or views, and especially if you face a social cost…
Arthur Brooks
How Fergie Chambers Built a Radical Funding Network and Landed in a Spanish Jail
The millionaire Marxist inherited $250m. Now he’s facing charges of supporting international terrorist groups.
Jay Solomon
What the Movement Taking Over the Democratic Party Wants
Victor Davis Hanson, Natan Sharansky, Bhaskar Sunkara, and more on whether the movement sweeping Democratic primaries is communism, socialism, or…
The Editors
‘I Was in the DSA. Here’s What They Really Believe.’ Plus. . .
Meet the ‘Anti-Platners.’ The Islamic Republic executes prisoners, and the world looks away. Inside Trump’s decision to go to war. And more.
The Free Press
I Was in the DSA. Here’s What They Really Believe.
The socialist candidates being swept into power want to dismantle American life. It’s all right there in their new platform.
Jake Altman
The DSA’s Communist Turn
A majority of the organization’s governing board openly identifies with Communist ideology. Those who dismiss it as hyperbole should look more…
Stu Smith
Can a Socialist Mayor Keep D.C. Safe?
Police in the capital aren’t sure what to expect from Janeese Lewis George: ‘Is this just going to be an all-out brawl?’
Audrey Fahlberg
My Former Colleagues Are Destroying the Democratic Party
As a former Democratic operative, I worked with many of today’s rising far-left candidates. What you’re seeing now is only the beginning.
Evan Barker
Tyler Cowen: How Socialism Hurts the Young
Candidates are promising ‘free’ healthcare, but that could shorten the lives of today’s young people by stifling progress in treatments and drugs.
Tyler Cowen
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