Explore socialism's history, core theories, and modern examples of socialist countries. Learn how socialism compares to capitalism and its role in today's global economy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani attends a press conference in the Queens borough of New York on November 5, 2025. - Kylie ...

One of the hallmarks of socialist discourse has always been the use of freighted, ideological jargon and sloganeering to ...

America is absolutely exhausted, and understandably so. Bone-deep fatigue takes hold when a system stops delivering dignity, security, or even a believable future. That exhaustion helps explain why ...

Socialism is enjoying a strange resurgence in American politics. New York City’s newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, calls himself a “democratic socialist.” A recent Gallup survey shows that 39% of ...

Alex Tokarev grew up in Bulgaria during the Cold War. Life under socialism, he says, was “miserable.” Twenty-five years ago, he and his wife moved to the United States, and he now teaches economics at ...

The past decade’s rise of a significant socialist movement within the Democratic Party has prompted the nation’s media to focus on such avowed socialists as Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...

It is not breaking news to note that a large portion of young Americans support socialism. Late last year, an Axios-Generation Lab poll of U.S. college students found that 67 percent had a positive or ...

As life becomes more unaffordable for young people, socialism becomes more appealing. According to a new set of polls exclusively targeting young likely voters, nearly three-in-four Americans aged 18 ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was the Democratic party’s candidate in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. America is absolutely exhausted, and understandably so. Bone-deep fatigue takes hold when a system stops delivering dignity, ...

America is absolutely exhausted, and understandably so. Bone-deep fatigue takes hold when a system stops delivering dignity, security, or even a believable future. That exhaustion helps explain why ...