Telling the Amazon Labor Union’s Story Telling the Amazon Labor Union’s Story
Union, a new documentary about organizing at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse, grapples with what it means to tell an underdog story without a satisfying ending.
Oct 17, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Ella Fanger
The Crisis in the Care Economy The Crisis in the Care Economy
How was care commodified? And what has that meant for an undervalued but increasingly important workforce.
Oct 16, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Maia Silber
Teaching Complicated Athletes to Children Teaching Complicated Athletes to Children
On this episode of Edge of Sports, Author Andrew Maraniss on his new book.
Oct 15, 2024 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Honor Native American Peoples, Every Day Honor Native American Peoples, Every Day
Indigenous Peoples' Day is commemorated on the second Monday in October in many parts of the United States.
Oct 15, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
What the Jewish History of Exile Means Now What the Jewish History of Exile Means Now
A recent book on Jewish identity before and after Zionism shows the limitations of a progressive critique that doesn't truly account for the experience of Palestinians.
Oct 14, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Eli Rudavsky
Francis Ford Coppola’s Contentious Utopia Francis Ford Coppola’s Contentious Utopia
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Kate Wagner on the polarizing politics of Megalopolis.
A Swedish Poet Comes Face to Face With the Epic A Swedish Poet Comes Face to Face With the Epic
Sámi writer Linnea Axelsson’s AEdnan uses the ancient form to critique Sweden’s historical mistreatment of its indigenous people.
Oct 10, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Ariel Porte
Alba de Céspedes’s Marriage Plot Polemic Alba de Céspedes’s Marriage Plot Polemic
In the Cuban-Italian novelist’s Her Side of the Story, she confronts the falsity of romantic love.
Oct 9, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
The Polls and Us—Plus, How a Dem Wins in a Red District The Polls and Us—Plus, How a Dem Wins in a Red District
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Rick Perlstein on polls and Marc Cooper on Representative Gleusenkamp Perez's campaign in Washington.
Oct 9, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener