Ileana Cabra’s Music for a Revolution Ileana Cabra’s Music for a Revolution

Her new album channels the spirit of Puerto Rico’s activists.

Sep 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez

Naomi Klein Knows a Green New Deal Is Our Only Hope Against Climate Catastrophe Naomi Klein Knows a Green New Deal Is Our Only Hope Against Climate Catastrophe

In her new book, Klein argues that our current crisis cannot be separated from a long history and brutal present of human exploitation.

Sep 10, 2019 / Q&A / Lynne Feeley

What Inspired ‘Lolita’? What Inspired ‘Lolita’?

Sarah Weinman’s new book traces the true crime that influenced Nabokov and the writing of his novel.

Sep 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

We’re Getting These Murals All Wrong We’re Getting These Murals All Wrong

The Arnautoff murals in San Francisco have been denounced as demeaning and triggering, and defended as an exposé of America’s racist past. Both sides miss the point.

Sep 10, 2019 / Feature / Robin D.G. Kelley

Single-Payer Health Care Is the First Step in the Revolution Single-Payer Health Care Is the First Step in the Revolution

Timothy Faust’s new book is part history, part manifesto, and part irreverent tour guide to America’s deeply flawed health insurance system.

Sep 9, 2019 / Zachary Siegel

Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent  Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent 

At the core of both his writing and activism is the insight that we can’t imagine a harmonious future without confronting the destruction in our past.

Sep 9, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jedediah Britton-Purdy

What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class? What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class?

Some of the strongest evidence that our country needs structural change, that our problems go much deeper than one white nationalist president, lies in history that is rarely taugh...

Sep 5, 2019 / StudentNation / Abe Asher

Puzzle No. 3508 Puzzle No. 3508

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Republican put off? That’s too bad (11)  7 and 28 Toy weapon suitable for older kids: uranium engulfed in fire (3,3…

Sep 5, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Transfixing and Repellent: Susan Steinberg’s Fictions of Insidious Masculinity Transfixing and Repellent: Susan Steinberg’s Fictions of Insidious Masculinity

Sep 5, 2019 / Kyle Paoletta

Bret Stephens vs. Bedbug-Man Bret Stephens vs. Bedbug-Man

Bedbugs like to hide in small cracks and crevices—but they can’t get into safe spaces.

Sep 4, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow