by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | May 21, 2020 | Long-Form Articles
The Left has grown enormously in recent years. Yet the disconnect between the boldness of our ideals and our power to win transformative change has endured. As we contemplate the future, what histories do we see for ourselves? And how do we know if what we see is a...
by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | March 2, 2017 | Long-Form Articles
Donald Trump’s ascension to the presidency poses grave threats both domestically and abroad. Trump is a racist, misogynist, xenophobic nationalistic megalomaniac whose only known commitments, in the words of a friend, are “greed and vengeance.” We have already seen...
by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | December 23, 2016 | Long-Form Articles
Year: 2016 SHARE FollowFollowFollowFollow Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election. We’re more than a month out, but for many of us the reality of her loss has taken a while to sink in. But now that the Electoral College votes have been cast, we’re faced...