When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE
A conversation with directors Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera about their film, The Infiltrators.
May 1, 2020 / Q&A / Mark Engler
Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore
Planet of the Humans is wildly unscientific, outdated, full of falsehoods, and benefits fossil fuel industry promoters and climate deniers.
Apr 30, 2020 / Josh Fox
If Woody Guthrie Were Singing Now About the Postal Service If Woody Guthrie Were Singing Now About the Postal Service
I think he’d chime in on Joe Troop’s “A Plea to the US Government to Fully Fund the Postal Service.”
Apr 30, 2020 / John Nichols
A Hilarious Critique of Cosmopolitanism, Conceptual Art, and All Things Bourgeois A Hilarious Critique of Cosmopolitanism, Conceptual Art, and All Things Bourgeois
In María Sonia Cristoff’s Include Me Out, a member of the global elite leaves behind her life for small town anonymity.
Apr 30, 2020 / Kyle Paoletta
Why Did the ERA Die? FX’s ‘Mrs. America’ Has Some Answers. Why Did the ERA Die? FX’s ‘Mrs. America’ Has Some Answers.
Phyllis Schlafly, the subject of a new nine-part mini-series, teaches feminists never to underestimate their political enemies.
Apr 30, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Finding Humor When ‘Shit Is So Terrible’: A Conversation With Samantha Irby Finding Humor When ‘Shit Is So Terrible’: A Conversation With Samantha Irby
Apr 29, 2020 / Q&A / Rima Parikh
Yup, Trump Endorses Bleach Yup, Trump Endorses Bleach
Just when you think Trump’s handling of the coronavirus couldn’t get worse, he surprises us.
Apr 28, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
At the Limits of Fiction and Grief At the Limits of Fiction and Grief
Angela Schanelec’s latest film is a meditation on loss—and the morality behind even attempting to portray it in art.
Apr 27, 2020 / Rhian Sasseen
The Coronavirus Has Imposed a Fermata on the Music World The Coronavirus Has Imposed a Fermata on the Music World
What can musicians do now? We can play to wash away some of the pain and grief.
Apr 24, 2020 / Christian McBride
Capitalism Is Killing Us Capitalism Is Killing Us
In their new book, Anne Case and Angus Deaton argue that suicides, overdoses, and income inequality are consequences of capitalism.
Apr 23, 2020 / Zachary Siegel