Spain’s Catalonia Crisis Just Got a Lot Worse
Massive peaceful protests, along with days of violent clashes, demonstrate that the fight over this region’s independence movement affects the entire country and is far from over.
Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer SeguínWar and Peace
Catholic Activists Stand Trial for Protesting Nuclear Weapons
The members of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 face decades in prison for their nonviolent direct action at a naval base last year.
Sam HusseiniPolitical Figures
The Real Trouble With Tulsi
Hillary Clinton is wrong again. Gabbard is no Russian asset but a narrow nationalist.
Jeet HeerSports
US Soccer Is Neglecting Latino Talent—and It Shows
There are millions of youths playing soccer in the United States. So why is the men’s national team so terrible?
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The ‘Great Replacement’ Is a Genocidal Playbook
The far right’s obsession over migration and xenophobic “replacement” theories have seen a resurgence in an era of looming climate catastrophe.
John Feffer
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More Than a Campaign: Bernie’s Candidacy Is a Movement
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There Was a Smart, Progressive Way to Withdraw From Syria
Representative Ro Khanna explains how the president’s disregard for diplomacy has failed the Kurds and prospects for real and lasting peace.
John Nichols
Why Aren’t Military Leaders Speaking Out Against Trump?
America needs more vocal military leaders like Smedley Butler to drown out the silence of people like former defense secretary James Mattis.
Tyson Manker
More Than a Campaign: Bernie’s Candidacy Is a Movement
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Bernie Sanders on Saturday before a crowd of 20,000 supporters calling for revolution.
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Chicago teachers on Strike
Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again.
Rank-and-file workers are finally taking back their unions, and strikes are spreading across the country as a result.
Jane McAleveyThe Chicago Teachers Strike Proves We Can’t Rely on Democrats
Anyone interested in the future of public education and the Democratic Party should pay close attention to the school strike in Chicago.
Eric BlancOn the Picket Line With Chicago’s Teachers
The teachers, now on the second day of their strike, are fighting for the schools Chicago students deserve.
Alan Maassworld
Quebec Students Can Teach the World a Thing or Two About Striking
After all, they’ve been doing it for decades.
Miriam Lafontaine
Spain’s Catalonia Crisis Just Got a Lot Worse
Massive peaceful protests, along with days of violent clashes, demonstrate that the fight over this region’s independence movement affects the entire country and is far from over.
Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Johnson Tries to Throw the UK Under the Bus; Parliament Balks—for Now
The hope for those who oppose his awful Brexit deal is that the number of supporters will collapse once the legislation comes into contact with reality.
Rachel ShabiFine Art
Fine Art
What Curators Don’t Get About Prison Art
When it comes to showing the art of incarcerated people, fine-art institutions are buying into the prison-industrial complex.
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Congress
Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful
The civil rights movement veteran, who was a stalwart champion of unions, challenged abusive presidents, and called out Scott Walker for lying to Congress, died Thursday at 68.
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Culture
In ‘Succession,’ Who Is the Joke Really On?
The show is heralded as a nuanced and cutting critique of the 1 percent. But whose side is it really on?
Erin Schwartz
Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence
One of Sweden’s most important authors on how the Swedish Academy abuses its platform—and the intelligentsia lets it happen.
Johannes AnyuruImpeachment
We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Impeachment
A narrow and quick impeachment is no longer sufficient for a White House that flaunts its crimes.
Jeet HeerImpeach Him, Already!
Forget Ukraine. The reasons why Donald Trump should be impeached—and convicted—are nearly endless.
Rebecca Gordon The Impeachment Crisis Just Got Worse for the GOP
Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to bring Pompeo and Pence down with him.
Joan WalshWatch and Listen
Listen: Fear Is Changing Sides in Puerto Rico
Representative Manuel Natal Albelo is part of a movement inspiring a new generation of activists, and striking fear into the heart of the establishment.
October 15, 2019
Listen: Why Ryan O’Callaghan Hid His Sexuality From His NFL Teammates
Former New England Patriot Ryan O’Callaghan joins the show to talk about his new book, My Life on the Line.
October 8, 2019
View: More Than a Wall: Photos of 30 Years of Life Along the US-Mexico Border
Successive US administrations have sought to turn the borderlands into a land of death—but these photos prove it is very much a land of the living.
September 12, 2019
Signal:Noise
Brexit
How Boris Johnson Fell For America
Britain’s prime minister is a lifelong admirer of the US. How will Brexit change his—and his country’s—special relationship?
Jon AllsopBrexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude
Britain is learning what many of its former colonies already know: Democracy requires constant vigilance.
Nanjala NyabolaThe Wheels Are Coming Off Britain
With Brexit, Britain is facing down a regressive, authoritarian, oligarch-backed far-right political project.
Rachel Shabicolumnists
film reviews
A Long Journey Through the Ruins of Capitalism and the Cosmos
On Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Brad Pitt’s astronaut adventures in Ad Astra, and more.
Stuart KlawansThe Subversive Joy of ‘Hustlers’
Lorene Scafaria’s box office smash is a cinematic depiction of women rebels who try to steal back what capitalism has stolen from them.
Joshunda SandersBong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ Stops Short of Class War
This upstairs-downstairs thriller pokes fun at inequality, but it’s hardly a call to arms.
E. Tammy Kimmusic
Chrissie Hynde Sets a New Standard
Valve Bone Woe uses Tin Pan Alley classics, musical theater numbers, jazz tunes, and more to show the Pretenders singer as the top of her game
David Hajdu
Danny Brown Is the Patron Saint of Rap Misfits
Uninterested in universal truths or uplifting mantras, the Detroit artist’s new album, uknowhatimsayin¿, takes pride in his singular life.
Stephen Kearse
Tegan and Sara’s Memoir Captures the Wonders and Terrors of Growing Up
We talked to Tegan Quin about adolescent artistry, how writing High School changed their music, and taking young women seriously.
Samantha Schuyler