Ad Policy

The MAGA Congress—and Its New BFFs (Best Fascist Friends)

No signs of moderation at the recent New York gala of the Republican far right.

Jeet Heer

Media

When It Comes to Crime, the Left Has a Messaging Problem

Progressives must do a better job speaking to people’s fears and presenting an affirmative case for our workable, effective policies on public safety.

Jumaane D. Williams
LGBTQ Activism

Drag Queens Were Targeted by the Proud Boys. Whom Did the Police Support?

Telegram messages from the Columbus Proud Boys suggest that defenders of the extremist hate group exist within the local police department.

Zurie Pope
Economy

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual

The legal and regulatory establishment has permitted a pattern of fraud and misrepresentation nested in the very business model of the crypto industry.

Chris Lehmann

The '90s: Cradle of the present

House Music is Still the Sound of the Future

House Music is Still the Sound of the Future

As raves took over the world, American electronic music kept growing in the places it began.

Hubert Adjei-Kontoh

Reading Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” in the Age of Ron DeSantis

More than 30 years after it was published, the seminal queer theory text still has some things to say.

Naomi Gordon-Loebl

America Online: A Cautionary Tale

On the rise and fall of the quintessential ’90s online service provider—and a warning about today’s social-media giants.

Joanne McNeil

Culture

The Mythology of George Balanchine

The Mythology of George Balanchine

A conversation with Jennifer Homans about the ballet master’s literary influences, his complicated legacy, and the metaphysical side of dance.

Dilara O’Neil
Nell Zink’s California

Nell Zink’s California

There is Hollywood, there are lights, but only the rich are allowed to enjoy them.

Alana Pockros
The Radical Internationalism of the Spanish Civil War

The Radical Internationalism of the Spanish Civil War

A new graphic history charts the exploits of those Americans serving in the war’s International Brigades.

Bill Fletcher Jr.

Politics

The Recount That Could Decide the Fate of Abortion Rights in Arizona

The Recount That Could Decide the Fate of Abortion Rights in Arizona

Arizona’s attorney general race, between a pro-choice Democrat and an anti-choice Republican, has come down to 510 votes.

John Nichols
Rep.-elect Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) smiles after drawing her number in the room lottery for new members of House.

Democrats Can Win Rural Seats if They Listen to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Washington’s new congresswoman talks working-class appeal and the failure of the party elite.

Nick Bowlin
Gitmo

Will Biden Shut Down Guantánamo?

After 7,627 nightmarish days of torture, cruel treatment, legal limbo, and injustice, it’s time for Biden to make good on his word: Shut it down. 

Karen J. Greenberg

World

What the West Gets Wrong About the Rwandan Genocide

What the West Gets Wrong About the Rwandan Genocide

The mass killings haunt US foreign policy and distort how we understand ethnic violence.

Jina Moore
People in Tokyo hold up blank protest signs in solidarity with mainland Chinese protesters.

The Twitter User Taking on the Chinese Government

“Teacher Li” has become a one-person news outlet and a crucial source of information about the protests in China for those both inside and outside the Great Firewall.

Han Zhang
Will This Ukrainian Town Be Repaired by Winter?

Will This Ukrainian Town Be Repaired by Winter?

Borodyanka was destroyed by Russian missiles during the war. Now, elderly residents are trying to get their homes back before temperatures plunge below freezing.

Kris Parker and Vudi Xhymshiti

Watch and Listen

Listen: Pete Carroll’s Magic Shoes and Brittney Griner’s Freedom

On this week’s episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, activist and educator Jesse Hagopian joins the show to talk about Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll’s decision to wear a pair of cleats.

December 12, 2022

Listen: The Political Story of Charles Barkley

On this week’s episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, Tim Bella joins the show to talk about his new biography of Charles Barkley.

December 7, 2022

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