Micah Uetricht

Micah Uetricht is the managing editor of Jacobin magazine and coauthor of the forthcoming Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism (Verso, 2020).

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2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, left to right, Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, and Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, stand on stage during the Democratic presidential candidate debate in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. The question of what it will take to defeat President Donald Trump next year took center stage at the Democratic debate as moderate rivals to Warren and Sanders argued their promises of sweeping, fundamental change are unrealistic and will drive voters to the GOP. Photographer: Anthony Lanzilote/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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In 2000, Pete Buttigieg Wrote an Essay Praising Bernie Sanders. What, Exactly, Did He Admire?

Micah Uetricht

- Dec. 10, 2019

Buttigieg’s politics are the inverse of Sanders’s ironclad democratic socialism, but spoken with the same resoluteness of tone and courage of conviction.

Suspended Chicago Police commander Jon Burge speaks with the media after his first day in court, February 10, 1992. (Chuck Osgood/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images)

Accused Torturer Jon Burge Died Last Week, but His Legacy of Brutal, Racist Policing Lives on in Chicago

Micah Uetricht

- Sep. 25, 2018

Jon Burge's torture was a particularly morbid symptom of a much larger problem of racism and brutality among Chicago cops.

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In 2000, Pete Buttigieg Wrote an Essay Praising Bernie Sanders. What, Exactly, Did He Admire?

Accused Torturer Jon Burge Died Last Week, but His Legacy of Brutal, Racist Policing Lives on in Chicago