SAG-AFTRA Can Agree on One Thing: It’s Time to Crush the Big Studios SAG-AFTRA Can Agree on One Thing: It’s Time to Crush the Big Studios
How do you bring a woefully divided union together? You go on strike.
Jul 26, 2023 / Piper French
While the Planet Burns: Billionaires Are Busy Hunkering Down for the Apocalypse While the Planet Burns: Billionaires Are Busy Hunkering Down for the Apocalypse
In a world hurtling towards catastrophe, the super-rich prefer bunkers to solutions.
Jul 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer
“Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics” “Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics”
What will it take for Biden’s economic agenda to transform the political landscape the way to Reagan’s did?
Jul 21, 2023 / Mike Konczal
Hollywood’s Robot Overlords Hollywood’s Robot Overlords
The tech-driven takeover of the film industry aims at squeezing maximum profit out of art, draining it of all its humanity in the process.
Jul 21, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Universities Shouldn’t Forget About Undocumented Students Universities Shouldn’t Forget About Undocumented Students
Many colleges ignored the undocumented community once President Biden took office, but CUNY’s new efforts show how higher education can better support these students.
Jul 21, 2023 / StudentNation / Yamila Martinez
The War on Black Studies—Plus, Hollywood on Strike The War on Black Studies—Plus, Hollywood on Strike
On this episode of the Start Making Sense Podcast, Robin Kelley talks about Rick DeSantis, and Josh Gondelman comments on SAG and the WGA
Jul 20, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
A Vermont College Removed the Name of a Eugenicist From Its Campus. Is That Enough? A Vermont College Removed the Name of a Eugenicist From Its Campus. Is That Enough?
The former “Mead Memorial Chapel” was renamed by the Middlebury College Board of Trustees. Now, the university has a chance to teach about its role in the eugenics movement.
Jul 19, 2023 / StudentNation / Rachel Lu
Barbie Is on the Picket Line Barbie Is on the Picket Line
Don’t be surprised that Margot Robbie backs the SAG-AFTRA strike—she has deep roots in Australia’s labor movement.
Jul 18, 2023 / John Nichols
Common Sense Fiscal Policy or Austerity by Another Name? Common Sense Fiscal Policy or Austerity by Another Name?
An interview with Clara E. Mattei about how liberal economists help quash working class movements and her new book The Capital Order.
Jul 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Hollywood Bosses Are Trying to Scare Striking Workers Into Folding. They Won’t Win. Hollywood Bosses Are Trying to Scare Striking Workers Into Folding. They Won’t Win.
The studios are ramping up a campaign of fear in an effort to spook writers like me into taking a bad deal. But we’re not going to fall for it.
Jul 18, 2023 / Josh Gondelman