Robert Menendez’s Family Business Robert Menendez’s Family Business

The New Jersey senator was indicted by the Justice Department for a series of charges straight out of The Sopranos.

Chris Lehmann

Exclude Fossil Fuel Firms From COP 28 if They Only Want to Obstruct Exclude Fossil Fuel Firms From COP 28 if They Only Want to Obstruct

“My patience ran out,” said Christiana Figueres, who for years had advocated for oil companies to be involved in policymaking talks.

Dharna Noor

Jann Wenner’s Blinkered Rock ‘n’ Roll Revolution Jann Wenner’s Blinkered Rock ‘n’ Roll Revolution

He built an empire on the foundations laid by Black musicians—but fails entirely to recognize that.

Joan Walsh

Did Narendra Modi Kill a Canadian Citizen? Did Narendra Modi Kill a Canadian Citizen?

New cold war politics might end any investigation into the assassination of a Sikh activist before it begins.

Jeet Heer

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Farewell to a Poor Bastard Farewell to a Poor Bastard

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Politics

The GOP Turns the House Judiciary Committee Into an Absurdist Spectacle The GOP Turns the House Judiciary Committee Into an Absurdist Spectacle

With a looming government shutdown, Republicans showcased their preferred use of resources: to hammer away at Merrick Garland.

Chris Lehmann

Mitt Romney’s Lonely Exit Mitt Romney’s Lonely Exit

The former GOP presidential nominee is now a pariah in his own party.

Jeet Heer

The Government Shutdown Is a Cartoonishly Bad—but Still Terrifying—Sequel The Government Shutdown Is a Cartoonishly Bad—but Still Terrifying—Sequel

The latest congressional villains are the GOP’s hard-right nihilists, but their motives for sabotaging the government make no sense.

Chris Lehmann

Books & the Arts

Andrew Leland.

In the Country of the Blind In the Country of the Blind

A conversation with Andrew Leland about his provocative new book about vision loss, disability politics, and the ways in which blindness looms large in our cultural imagination.

Books & the Arts / Rachel Kolb

Where Did the Juries Go?

Where Did the Juries Go? Where Did the Juries Go?

While jury trials might have afforded citizens the chance to witness—and even contest—the criminalization of the working class, plea bargains have allowed this criminalization to …

Books & the Arts / Matthew Clair

James Purdy, 1957.

James Purdy’s Chronicles of Outsiderdom James Purdy’s Chronicles of Outsiderdom

His fiction, which ranged from slapstick humor to sheer terror, fixated on the lives of those society discarded.

Books & the Arts / John Lingan

Features

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The New Colonialist Food Economy

The New Colonialist Food Economy The New Colonialist Food Economy

How Bill Gates and agribusiness giants are throttling small farmers in Africa and the Global South.

Feature / Alexander Zaitchik

Can You Keep Breastfeeding When You Work 30,000 Feet in the Air?

Can You Keep Breastfeeding When You Work 30,000 Feet in the Air? Can You Keep Breastfeeding When You Work 30,000 Feet in the Air?

Flight attendants desperately need legal protection to ensure their right to pump on the job—but airline industry lobbying cut them out of a law that will provide just that for mi…

Feature / Bryce Covert

Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower

Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower

Inside the soul-crushing, morally bankrupt, top-secret world of our most powerful consulting firm.

Feature / Garrison Lovely

World

Taliban fighters stand guard outside the former presidential palace in Kabul on August 13, 2022.

When the Taliban Returned: One Woman’s Story of Survival When the Taliban Returned: One Woman’s Story of Survival

Mehri Rezaee worked hard to attend the best universities, land a coveted job, and support herself and her family—only to lose everything when the Taliban took control of Afghanist…

Amir Ahmadi Arian

The Plundering of the South China Sea

The Plundering of the South China Sea The Plundering of the South China Sea

We’re not going to mine our way out of the climate crisis.

Joshua Frank

A Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer Is in Jail for Giving a Speech

A Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer Is in Jail for Giving a Speech A Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer Is in Jail for Giving a Speech

My lawyer, Imaan Mazari, was arrested for speaking out against the Pakistani military.

Hasan Ali

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