Articles
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Yesterday 2:22 pm
New York’s Prison System Abruptly Halts a Policy Censoring Artists and Writers
One day after New York Focus broke the story about the censorship policy, the state department announced that it would suspend the rule impeding creative endeavors in prisons.
Victoria Law
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Yesterday 12:40 pm
Does Fatima Mousa Mohammed Oppose Israel’s Very Existence?
The CUNY Law grad’s much-discussed commencement speech was less a defense of Palestine than a prosecution of the Jewish state.
Alexis Grenell
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Yesterday 11:15 am
Cornel West Should Not Be Running for President
He doesn’t see a third party playing a spoiler role to Democrats as bad—and that’s inevitable.
Joan Walsh
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Yesterday 8:30 am
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Yesterday 5:30 am
Raging Bullshit: Credits and the Hollywood Economy
The Max streaming platform debuted a credit system that obscures the actual work done by film writers and other creative workers.
Ben Schwartz
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Yesterday 5:00 am
The Right’s Latest Target: No-Fault Divorce
Republicans have a new way of sticking their noses in other people’s business.
Katha Pollitt
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Yesterday 5:00 am
How the John Birch Society Won the Long Game
The American right doesn’t need the John Birch Society these days, but that is because it’s adopted the Birchers’ extremism wholesale.
Nathan Robinson
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Yesterday 5:00 am
On a Rapidly Warming Planet, Home Is a Luxury
The importance of place and the draw of home is at odds with the future we have created for our planet.
Jane Braxton Little
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Yesterday 5:00 am
America’s Suburbs Are Breeding Grounds for Fascism
Hate against trans people is rising, but the suburbs are what gives this hate its fervor and popularity.
P.E. Moskowitz
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Yesterday 5:00 am
The Racist, Insulting Resurgence of Work Requirements
Work requirements expose the nasty underbelly of the vaunted American work ethic. We would rather the poor starve than risk that they might spend less time on the job.
Bryce Covert