Victor Berger

The spirit of socialism has coursed through the American Midwest ever since the movement emerged, continuing to animate the political landscape today.

On April 5, 1910, the world was stunned by socialists’ victory at the ballot box in Milwaukee.

Eugene Debs’s unswerving commitment to democracy and internationalism was born out of his revulsion at the tyranny of industrial capitalism.

The Espionage Act turns 100 today. It helped destroy the Socialist Party of America and quashes free speech to this day.

On the long tradition of Black third-party activism.

On the 14th amendment – and if it might stop Trump.

Urban socialists blazed a path toward social democracy. Leftists who want to reclaim this tradition face a whole new set of obstacles.

In the early 1900s heyday of the Socialist Party, Texas boasted a vibrant state party that attracted oppressed farmers in droves.

A two-volume biography tracks the life and times of one of Harlem’s leading socialists.

The 14th Amendment offers a remedy that is both simpler and likelier to work.

Democratic socialists attending the 2020 Democratic Convention won’t be out of place in a city with a long history of socialist governance.