With Gratitude for Marc, Jamie, and Tommy Raskin With Gratitude for Marc, Jamie, and Tommy Raskin
“When students of the American story ask 100 years from now how the United States began to find its way back from the mob violence, destruction, and death that Donald Trump unleash…
Feb 22, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Elena Ferrante’s Class Dramas Elena Ferrante’s Class Dramas
Her latest novel, The Lying Life of Adults, mines the contradictions of class identity.
Feb 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
Ephemera Ephemera
Each morning I sit in silence, time slides, changes in my heart, a moss covered cavern where its fire wakes me to a camaraderie of light, my wife waking upstairs to walk to her win…
Feb 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Afaa M. Weaver
The Communist Designer, the Fascist Furniture Dealer, and the Politics of Design The Communist Designer, the Fascist Furniture Dealer, and the Politics of Design
A tale of two bookcases.
Feb 20, 2021 / Feature / Glenn Adamson
How Can We Revive Herd Immunity to Fascism? How Can We Revive Herd Immunity to Fascism?
There is a clear correlation between the neoliberal onslaught that started in the 1980s and the rise of neofascism and religious fundamentalism.
Feb 19, 2021 / Gilbert Achcar
Plundering Our Natural Resources Plundering Our Natural Resources
Drilling, mining, draining. The EPA’s response?
Feb 19, 2021 / OppArt / Henrik Drescher
Poetry and Truth Poetry and Truth
Amanda Gorman, national youth poet laureate.
Feb 18, 2021 / OppArt / Hooked Hands
What Popular Culture Misunderstands About Addiction What Popular Culture Misunderstands About Addiction
Much of the film and TV we consume misleads audiences with inaccurate and harmful depictions of recovery and treatment.
Feb 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Zachary Siegel
“Pages 9-14,” an excerpt from The Ferguson Report: An Erasure “Pages 9-14,” an excerpt from The Ferguson Report: An Erasure
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Feb 18, 2021 / Poems / Nicole Sealey
We Need a Racial Reckoning to Save Democracy We Need a Racial Reckoning to Save Democracy
We must undergo a truth and reconciliation process in order to establish a new civic consensus.
Feb 17, 2021 / Megan Ming Francis and Deepak Bhargava