Articles
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March 31, 2023
What We’ll Be Celebrating When Harriet Tubman Appears on the 20-Dollar Bill
Constantly underestimated, she risked her life and freedom to liberate others and was committed to building a political system that endowed women and people of color with the same rights as white men.
Clarence Lusane
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March 31, 2023
Single-Stair Layouts Are Not Going to Fix the Housing Crisis
They’re a good idea, but they’re not going to liberate us from capitalism.
Kate Wagner
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March 31, 2023
Chicago’s Election Will Shape the Future of Public Safety in America
Paul Vallas promises that he’ll grow the police force. Brandon Johnson says that to build safety, he’ll “invest in people.” What does that mean, and what are voters choosing between?
Eric Reinhart
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March 30, 2023
Donald Trump Has Been Indicted. Don’t Get Your Hopes Up.
This is the first real attempt to hold Trump legally accountable for any of his many alleged crimes. But the odds of securing real justice seem very long.
Elie Mystal
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March 30, 2023
Howard Schultz’s Union-Busting Paternalism
The former Starbucks CEO faced tough questions at a Senate hearing—and didn’t have much to say.
Chris Lehmann
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March 30, 2023
It’s Been a Year. Why Hasn’t Biden Freed Eyvin Hernandez?
The LA public defender was wrongfully and arbitrarily detained in Venezuela one year ago this week. It’s past time for the US government to bring him back.
Traci Blackburn, Henry Martinez and Bahar Mirhosseni
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March 30, 2023
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March 30, 2023
The West Coast Think Tank Helping to Orchestrate DeSantis’s War on the Woke
How the Claremont Institute is shaping the Sunshine State’s anti–civil rights and pro-patriarchy agenda
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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March 30, 2023
After the Iraq Debacle, Why Does the National Security Establishment Remain Unshaken?
Mission unaccomplished—and lessons unlearned.Katrina vanden Heuvel
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March 30, 2023
A Portrait of Leonard Cohen as a Young Artist
A posthumous collection of early fiction, A Ballet of Lepers, chronicles how, in fits and starts, the singer came to understand the art of storytelling.
Sam Sodomsky