The Long Shadow of Anita Hill's Testimony
Three decades after Anita Hill brought sexual harassment allegations against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, Black women are still waiting for justice.
Michele GoodwinCampaigns and Elections
Trump's Coup Attempt Is Far From Finished
Trump is preparing to run in 2024, but a new Senate report detailing his sedition gives officials the evidence they need to disqualify him from completing the coup.
John NicholsSociety
Pandemic Solidarity Transformed Our Society. Now We Need It Again.
In attempt to stem the tide of death, cities, states, and the federal government passed unprecedented reforms. Fighting to keep them is an important way to counter pandemic depression and isolation.
Abdullah ShihiparCriminal Justice
"They Are Throwing New Yorkers Into Cages on Rikers Island in Our Name!”
In a rare move, a group of elected officials has begun showing up in courtrooms to bear witness to the banal cruelty that keep Rikers going.
Jocelyn SimonsonPolitics
Stephen Breyer Is Getting Paid to Play Hamlet
Rather than retiring, the justice is milking his moment in the sun—publishing a book, giving interviews, and defending his decision not to step down.
Elie Mystal
The Pandora Papers Reveal How the Super-Rich Shaft the Rest of Us
A just-released “Panama Papers on steroids” shows how the US has become a major tax haven and destination for illicit wealth.
Chuck Collins
The Gates Foundation Avoids a Reckoning on Race and Power
Can philanthropy decolonize? Only if wealthy donors grapple with the difference between giving away money and actually sharing power.
Tim Schwabfall books 2021
Anthony Veasna So’s Portraits of Diaspora
His posthumous collection Afterparties is part of a new wave of writing on the cultural memory and historical traumas of Southeast Asian immigrants.
Larissa PhamEric Williams and the Tangled History of Capitalism and Slavery
The historian and politician helped transform how several generations understood 18th- and 19th-century history.
Gerald HorneGrace Cho’s Memoir of Food and Empire
Intertwining a personal story of Korean food ways and a family history caught in the midst of violence, Tastes Like War tests the limits, and shows the power, of memoir.
E. Tammy Kim
Culture
Was Jimmy Carter an Outlier?
Politicians say things to get elected and then, once in office, do otherwise; that’s politics. But Carter demanded that we grade him on a curve.
Rick Perlstein
Did the Constitution Pave the Way to Emancipation?
In his new book, The Crooked Path to Abolition, James Oakes argues that the Constitution was an antislavery document.
Richard Kreitner
Do We Need to Work?
In Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots, anthropologist James Suzman asks whether we might learn to live like our ancestors did—that is, to value free time over money.
Aaron BenanavNation Voices
World
Will We Remember the Victims of the Kabul Drone Strike?
For 20 years, the War on Terror has brought death and destruction to countless countries. Will we remember the victims?
Nick Turse
Britain’s Labour Party Is Still Missing in Action
On the heels of its party conference, the Labour Party seems as far from power as ever.
Bhaskar Sunkara
Russian Journalist Anna Politkovskaya Was Killed 15 Years Ago
Her fierce dedication to truth-telling inspires a new generation.
Nadezhda AzhgikhinaWatch and Listen
Listen: The NBA’s Vaccine Conundrum
There is a vaccine war underway, and it’s not clear who will win.
October 5, 2021
Listen: How Mosques Became FBI Targets After 9/11
Ahilan Arulanantham on state secrets, plus Amy Wilentz on The Chair.
September 16, 2021
