Atavist Judges
Trump’s appointees hold us all in contempt.
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Conversations With Frenemies
Compact’s Sohrab Ahmari is among a group of populists who see a home in a changing Republican Party. We asked him for his perspective on the November election and what comes next.
We Went to NatCon
At this summer’s National Conservatism Conference, reactionaries — many of whom were close to or worked within the Trump administration — felt the wind was at their backs.
Guess Who?
The political singularity consumes us all.
Five Books to Understand the Right
We asked scholar Dylan Riley what to read about our political foes.
Manifesto Destiny
“National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles” contains ten guiding ideals for the New Right.
The Gender Polarization of US Politics
Young women overwhelmingly support Kamala Harris.
Labor Lives to Fight Another Day
When and where organized labor’s been on the move.
Their International Brigades
At the height of the Rhodesian Bush War, American mercenaries advertised their forces in the magazine Soldier of Fortune.
Soldiers of Fortune
In the 1970s, American mercenaries traveled to Angola and Rhodesia, seized by racist, anti-communist dreams and delusions of grandeur.
Indonesia Turns Right
Indonesia’s new president has a gruesome track record of human rights violations and hostility to democracy. But a slick campaign successfully presented him as a harmless grandpa.
A Tale of Two Lithium Producers
The global market is scrambling to extract Argentine and Chilean lithium. Argentine president Javier Milei has unleashed a frenzy of corporate profit, while Chile’s Gabriel Boric is demanding that his country get its fair share.