Buckminster Fuller’s Hall of Mirrors
Alec Nevala-Lee’s new biography assesses the complicated legacy of an architect better known for his image than his work.
Daniel Luis MartinezRacism and Discrimination
You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America”
Watching Tyre Nichols sent home too soon, by the mean and the murderous.
Maya WileyEconomic Policy
The GOP’s Phony Class War
Racist resentment plus plutocratic economics don’t equal a “working-class party.”
Jeet HeerPolitics
Kari Lake May Have Committed a Felony
In an election-denying tweet, Lake posted the signatures of 16 Arizona voters. It’s a violation not only of their privacy but also of state law.
Sasha AbramskyCulture
A Translator in Tokyo, or: A Language Love Story
Polly Barton’s memoir Fifty Sounds documents the intimacy of the act of translation and the process of learning a new language.
Max Norman
Love in the Time of Chatbots
Will dating as we know it change with the rise of AI? A recent book argues that it already has.
Zachary Fine
The Anxious Influences of Netflix’s “White Noise”
What has Noah Baumbach wrought in his adaptation of the 1985 postmodern novel?
Vikram MurthiPolitics
Ilhan Omar Will Not Be Silenced
The GOP’s decision to remove Omar from her most cherished committee was petty and cruel—but she’s not going anywhere.
John Nichols
Today's GOP Is the Totalitarian Force It Claims to Oppose
The right’s intrusion into private life is exactly the characteristic of modern authoritarianism decried by 20th-century conservatives.
Chris Lehmann
War Racketeers Won’t Reform Themselves
Isn’t it time to hold Congress truly responsible for enabling ever more war by voting out military sycophants?
William AstoreWorld
“We Shouldn’t Grow Up Dreaming That Our Friends Don’t Get Killed”
As Palestinians reel from deadliest year in the occupied West Bank in two decades, a young woman who lost two loved ones pleads for the world to notice.
Mohammed El-Kurd
The Department of Defense Has Delivered Another Massive Intelligence Failure
Chinese emissions represent at least as great a threat to US security as the multitude of weapons enumerated in the Pentagon’s 2022 report—so why was it not addressed?
Michael T. Klare
Argentina’s World Cup Hangover
After its thrilling victory on the world stage, the nation of Maradona and Messi gazes into the political abyss.
Jacob SugarmanWatch and Listen
Listen: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s White House Dreams
On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, Chris Lehmann discusses a GOP kingmaker on the rise.
February 1, 2023
Listen: When Fighting Racism, Do Sports Matter?
On this week’s episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we discuss the NBA, race and sports, and the police murder of Tyre Nichols.
January 30, 2023
Listen: How to Defeat Kyrsten Sinema; Plus Universal Basic Income in LA
On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, Steve Phillips talks about Arizona politics, and Sasha Abramsky reports on fighting poverty in Southern California.
January 26, 2023
From the Magazine
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February 6/13, 2023, Issue
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Editorial
In a Land of Apartheid, a Trip to the Beach Can Be an Act of Resistance By Mohammed El-Kurd
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Column
Why It’s Okay for Progressives to Enjoy Sam Bankman-Fried’s Downfall By Jeet Heer
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Feature
Meet Dennis Oya, Patient Zero of the TB Outbreak Sweeping Washington's Prisons By Katharine S. Walter
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