Archive - Vulgar Marxism

Why is Ritchie Torres Like That?

The congressman from the country’s poorest district is a jingoistic reactionary. But his district isn’t only the poorest, it’s also among the most…

Feb 7 •

December 2024

Can Mike Lawler Make New York Red Again?

New York hasn't elected a Republican governor in over twenty years. What would it take for a GOP candidate to build a winning statewide coalition?

Dec 18, 2024 •

November 2024

The Red Wave in Queens Was Years in the Making

Trump’s historic margins in borough’s ethnic enclaves are only the latest sign that once reliable Democratic constituencies have grown disillusioned…

Nov 18, 2024 •

Trump Support Surges Among Pennsylvania’s Puerto Ricans

A precinct-level analysis of the Puerto Rican strongholds of Allentown, Reading, and North Philadelphia shows that these areas swung harder to the right…

Nov 6, 2024 •

October 2024

Will Twenty Years of Republican Gains Among the Working Class Continue?

Over the past six presidential elections, the GOP made substantial inroads in poor and working-class areas of the country. They’re on track to make even…

Oct 29, 2024 •

March 2023

Yiatin Chu on Why Asian Voters in NYC Are Shifting to the Right

The public school mom turned education activist says that Democrats have lost touch with the needs of their Asian constituents across a variety of issue…

Mar 7, 2023 •

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January 2023

Can Democrats Survive the Looming Crisis in New York City’s Outer Boroughs?

The multiracial working class and the white ethnic middle class are fleeing the Democratic Party, undermining its strength in Albany and imperiling its…

Jan 25, 2023 •

August 2022

Is the United States Facing a Legitimacy Crisis?

The long-term decline of trust in government indicates that our political system has been struggling to meet the public's expectations for over half a…

Aug 22, 2022 •

July 2022

New York Democrats: Pack the Court (of Appeals)

New documents suggest that Madeline Singas committed felony perjury last year. Democrats should impeach her and reclaim the court from its right-wing…

Jul 18, 2022 •

June 2022

Tom Suozzi & Hiram Monserrate Are Courting Conservative Communities of Color in Queens

While the left has largely checked out of the New York governor's race, Suozzi and Monserrate are rallying the multiracial working class around a…

Jun 21, 2022 •

One Year of Vulgar Marxism

The newsletter now has over 1,000 subscribers, and its reporting has been featured in mainstream outlets like the Washington Post, New York Magazine…

Jun 2, 2022 •

May 2022

Yuh-Line Niou May Have Committed Wage Theft

The state assemblywoman from Lower Manhattan is running for Congress as a working-class champion. But public records show that she pays her own staffers…

May 24, 2022 •

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