The socialists who swept recent New York elections and will soon run the United Kingdom are really not very radical, say many in the media. The three democratic socialists endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and who won congressional primaries in New York, Senator Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), socialist Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, and the UK’s next prime minister are proposing seemingly moderate policies for cheaper housing, food, and transpor...

At the heart of the case for progressivism is compassion. New York’s democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, paused the police sweeps that had moved homeless people indoors in winter. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass cut the fire department’s budget while expanding city services and proposing cash assistance for people in the country illegally. Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation that would have allowed taxpayer dollars to support sober housing. The result of those policies is death and...