Socialism is an economic and political system in which the means of production – such as factories, land, and resources – are owned or controlled collectively by society, usually through the ...

Right-wing politicians often conjure up a caricature vision of socialism defined either by Soviet-style gulags or the authoritarianism and shortages seen in modern-day Venezuela. But debates over the ...

To the editor — On the Aug. 8 opinion page the headline asks "Can you define socialism?" My response is "Yes, I can" and so can millions of people who were forced to accept socialism throughout ...

People of a certain ideological ilk seem to overuse the term “socialism” for anything economic or political they don’t like, i.e., Dave Spaulding’s “Socialism comes to Montpelier” in a recent Times ...

As a former public high school teacher, I am not surprised that most young Americans have a warped view of socialism. Make no mistake, that poll is not an outlier; it simply represents the fact that ...

While often overlooked, the spirit of socialism has coursed through the American Midwest ever since the movement emerged in the 19th century. It continues to animate the region’s political landscape ...

As prominent progressive politicians tout their democratic socialist views, many Americans are wondering: What does that even mean? Democratic socialism is having a moment, between Zohran Mamdani's ...

Just two decades ago, the mere suggestion of a major presidential candidate proposing socialist policies would have been political suicide. But this year, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic ...