The Settler-Colonialist Alliance of India and Israel The Settler-Colonialist Alliance of India and Israel
Over the decades, the two nations have become closer allies in business and politics. We talked to journalist Azad Essa about the origins of this international relationship.
Jun 19, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Deeksha Udupa
Eat, Pray, Cringe Eat, Pray, Cringe
Elizabeth Gilbert’s next novel faced outcry for its setting in Russia. So, before she could get canceled, she canceled herself.
Jun 14, 2023 / Katha Pollitt
Perhat Tursun and the Plight of Uyghurs in Xinjiang Perhat Tursun and the Plight of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
In The Backstreets, the novelist and poet documents the centuries of dislocation imposed on the Uyghur people
Jun 13, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Yangyang Cheng
The Western Media Is Whitewashing the Azov Battalion The Western Media Is Whitewashing the Azov Battalion
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, these fighters were neo-Nazis. They still are.
Jun 13, 2023 / Feature / Lev Golinkin
How the John Birch Society Won the Long Game How the John Birch Society Won the Long Game
The American right doesn’t need the John Birch Society these days, but that is because it’s adopted the Birchers’ extremism wholesale.
Jun 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Nathan Robinson
The Far Right’s Takeover of Shasta County, Plus the Enslaved Black Family The Far Right’s Takeover of Shasta County, Plus the Enslaved Black Family
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Sasha Abramsky reports on politics, and Brenda Stevenson talks about history.
Jun 8, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
How Black Women Writers Got It Done How Black Women Writers Got It Done
Claudia Tate’s 1983 collection of interviews is an important look into the trials writers like Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou faced on their way to mainstream acceptance.
Jun 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Marina Magloire
Why the Internet Hates Gay People Why the Internet Hates Gay People
A conversation with Alexander Monea about his recent book on the history of search engines, content moderation, AI, and the ways they form biases against queerness.
Jun 5, 2023 / Jacob Bruggeman
Don’t Reform the Courts. Disempower Them. Don’t Reform the Courts. Disempower Them.
The Supreme Court’s extreme anti-worker decision calls for a radical response.
Jun 2, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Trauma and Resilience of Tulsa’s Greenwood District The Trauma and Resilience of Tulsa’s Greenwood District
Karlos K. Hill, a historian of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, speaks with Victor Luckerson, author of an “epic” new book on Greenwood.
May 31, 2023 / Q&A / Karlos K. Hill