The Third Rail
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Archive
About
New
Top
Discussion
Racism is no illusion. "Racecraft" is.
Why race is like Santa Claus—a pervasive myth we love to convince each other of.
Cedrick-Michael Simmons
Aug 31, 2020
21
4
Share this post
Racism is no illusion. "Racecraft" is.
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
The quest for the mythical "class reductionist"
Sorry, but Bernie, Briahna, Bhaskar, and others don't dismiss racism—they just believe in universal solutions for a more equitable future.
Ben Burgis
Aug 19, 2020
17
13
Share this post
The quest for the mythical "class reductionist"
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Don’t laugh, GameStop really is Occupy Wall Street 2.0
The Left ignores it at its own peril.
Ryan Zickgraf
Feb 3, 2021
11
1
Share this post
Don’t laugh, GameStop really is Occupy Wall Street 2.0
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
The antiracist left’s approach to history is anti-historical
Works like "The 1619 Project" ultimately use the past as a tool to save capitalism from itself.
Johnson DeJohnson
Aug 7, 2020
8
8
Share this post
The antiracist left’s approach to history is anti-historical
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Will the Real Right-Wing Populists Please Stand Up?
Talk is cheap when it comes to the politics of Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson.
Ben Burgis
Aug 5, 2020
11
3
Share this post
Will the Real Right-Wing Populists Please Stand Up?
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
The political awakening of Michael K. Williams
The late actor's activism was stubbornly local and focused on substantive change over symbolism.
Ryan Zickgraf
Sep 8, 2021
12
Share this post
The political awakening of Michael K. Williams
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Confessions of a Failed Journalist
An American worker's story.
Ryan Zickgraf
Aug 24, 2020
11
4
Share this post
Confessions of a Failed Journalist
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
The "blackwashing" of the fine art world
What does it mean when the world’s second-richest art dealer, David Zwirner, lends his capital and influence to the creation of an “all-black” art…
Adam Lehrer
Oct 26, 2020
5
1
Share this post
The "blackwashing" of the fine art world
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
An anti-Hillbilly Elegy
Why the memoir I wrote for Jacobin isn't like the kind you'd read from J.D. Vance
Ryan Zickgraf
Aug 25, 2021
7
Share this post
An anti-Hillbilly Elegy
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
The struggle for the history of class struggle
At a time when history is contested, some figures are more hidden than others.
Ryan Zickgraf
Dec 7, 2021
9
Share this post
The struggle for the history of class struggle
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Halloween is the canary in the coal mine of our civic decline
Trick-or-treating participation is a good measure of community and neighborhood trust. The 2021 numbers are bad.
Ryan Zickgraf
Nov 1, 2021
5
Share this post
Halloween is the canary in the coal mine of our civic decline
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Let them eat Buttigieg
The Democrats' parental leave policy could be gone but the liberal media insists that Pete's leave will magically nudge America to the Promised Land.
Ryan Zickgraf
Oct 26, 2021
5
Share this post
Let them eat Buttigieg
thethirdrail.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts