Want to Regulate AI? Jail the Real Hackers
Les Leopold Substack rohibiting intentionally or knowingly accessing a protected computer without authorization. The penalties can be severe, ranging from one year to twenty years in prison. But there’s a…
Why The Corporate AI Machine Is Out of Control
Les Leopold Substack I’ve always been skeptical about technology doomsday job scenarios. Major breakthroughs can be disruptive over time, but technological change doesn’t usually destroy as many jobs, as quickly,…
Break on Through to the Other Side: How to Reach the Working Class—and How Not To
Les Leopold Substack The Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America share a problem. As organizations largely run by and involved with college-educated voters, they are physically and psychically…
Can DSA Really Win Red America?
Les Leopold “I think a democratic socialist can get elected anywhere across the country for any position.” — Zohran Mamdani, June 28, 2026 These are heady days for the Democratic…
If the Democrats Stand Between Us and Fascism, We’re in Trouble
Les Leopold Substack How the hell did we get to a place where we are worrying about fascism taking control in America? Let’s start with Trump getting elected twice. How…
Reaching Red America
Les Leopold Substack When the polls close next November, about half the country will flash red within seconds. That’s because there are more than 130 congressional districts where Democrats lose…
Working People are Leaving MAGA, But Where Will They Go?
Les Leopold Substack A new study by Jared Abbott and Joan C. Williams, of nearly 2 million 2024 Trump voters, shows that more than one in five are not planning…
Why Labor Needs a Declaration of Political Independence
Wouldn’t it be better to build with the membership a vision that puts working people in the center of the economy rather than as an afterthought of trickle-down two-party politics?
‘Statistics are Human Beings with the Tears Wiped Away’
The counter-top manufacturing industry doesn’t want to protect workers from harm; it wants protection from the workers it harms.
J. D. Vance Kicks the Dog
J.D. Vance aspires to be the captain of the MAGA team when Trump moves on.
Will Trump Invade Norway Too?
Nobody knows where our ship is sailing, including our current captain. That makes for a very dangerous, bellicose world.
Do the Democrats Have the Guts to Outflank Trump on Defense Industry Looting?
The failure to rigorously defend working people over the last forty years against needless mass layoffs may be why so many voters right now are willing to consider a new…
Raining on Mamdani’s Parade?
Mamdani’s youth, charisma, humor, and incredible organizational skills led to this remarkable achievement. He worked hard and he earned it, and so did the many progressive groups that went all…
It’s Open Season on Public Sector Workers
Seven hundred and thirty thousand public sector employees are working without pay while another 670,000 have been furloughed. Working people of all shades, shapes, and sizes are suffering collateral damage.
Democrats: Dumb and Dumber?
Help me out here: What is the Democrats’ logic?