Culture

At Labor’s Crossroads

At Labor’s Crossroads At Labor’s Crossroads

Three new books about the SEIU reveal the challenges of organizing in 21st-century America.

Mar 8, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rich Yeselson

Trump Doesn’t Realize These Are Wars We Cannot Win

Trump Doesn’t Realize These Are Wars We Cannot Win Trump Doesn’t Realize These Are Wars We Cannot Win

From Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII to today’s Afghanistan, America has developed a dangerous obsession with “winning.”

Mar 7, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Donald Trump, the Unbelievable Baby Man! Donald Trump, the Unbelievable Baby Man!

His new superpower: reading the teleprompter.

Mar 7, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone on the Importance of Criticizing Both the Republicans and Democrats Who Make War Oliver Stone on the Importance of Criticizing Both the Republicans and Democrats Who Make War

It’s fashionable now to take shots at Republicans, but both parties are responsible for creating chaos around the world.

Mar 6, 2017 / Oliver Stone

Nat Hentoff

A Memorial for Nat Hentoff A Memorial for Nat Hentoff

The journalist’s spirit of freewheeling dispute was very much in evidence.

Mar 3, 2017 / Leslie Savan

Anyone Who Has Left Love

Anyone Who Has Left Love Anyone Who Has Left Love

Anyone who has left love, who has stepped out of the boat, onto the water, learns what they had not known or wanted to. Anyone who turns their back on love, as if it might not take…

Mar 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sharon Olds

Puzzle No. 3425

Puzzle No. 3425 Puzzle No. 3425

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Conquest provides material for a series of poems (6,8)  9 Plain ridiculous after RV trade-in (7) 10 Tangible deed:…

Mar 2, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Syd from The Internet

Syd’s Quiet Storm Syd’s Quiet Storm

No longer in the background of Odd Future, the Los Angeles singer is finding her voice.

Mar 2, 2017 / Marcus J. Moore

After a Century of American Citizenship, Puerto Ricans Have Little to Show for It

After a Century of American Citizenship, Puerto Ricans Have Little to Show for It After a Century of American Citizenship, Puerto Ricans Have Little to Show for It

Puerto Rico has never been more than a profit center for the US. Now an unelected board governs the island as a de facto collection agency for hedge funds and Wall Street speculato...

Mar 2, 2017 / Nelson Denis

Round Up the Usual Suspects, It’s Time for a Show Hearing

Round Up the Usual Suspects, It’s Time for a Show Hearing Round Up the Usual Suspects, It’s Time for a Show Hearing

By excluding dissenting voices on US policy toward Russia, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been reduced to a vehicle for prejudice reinforcement.

Mar 2, 2017 / James Carden

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