History Lessons From 3021 History Lessons From 3021
Maybe one day the future will learn from our mistakes.
May 11, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
Republicans Love Hypocrites, and Elise Stefanik Is the Hypocrite Du Jour Republicans Love Hypocrites, and Elise Stefanik Is the Hypocrite Du Jour
A review of the records shows that Liz Cheney has been far more loyal to Donald Trump than the ex-president’s new favorite. So how’d we get here?
May 11, 2021 / John Nichols
Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer
The facts are too scarce, and the stakes are too high, to jump to conclusions.
May 11, 2021 / Katha Pollitt
Diane Seuss’s American Gothic Diane Seuss’s American Gothic
frank: sonnets is an oracular collection of verse on mortality, tragedy, love, and life.
May 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Stroh
Democrats Are Calling on Biden to Renew Diplomacy With Iran Democrats Are Calling on Biden to Renew Diplomacy With Iran
In spite of the president’s criticisms of Trump for backing out of the Iran deal, he has done little to reinstate it.
May 10, 2021 / Aída Chávez
The Age of Intersectional Empire Is Upon Us The Age of Intersectional Empire Is Upon Us
The CIA’s recent recruitment video—featuring an “intersectional” millennial Latina—is the latest example of imperial rebranding.
May 10, 2021 / Roberto Lovato
Covid: Un-United States of Guns Covid: Un-United States of Guns
The battle over gun safety laws in America.
May 10, 2021 / OppArt / Gary Taxali
To Protect Voters and Democracy, We’re Going to Need to Fight To Protect Voters and Democracy, We’re Going to Need to Fight
The anti-voter bills proliferating around the United States raise to new heights the existential crisis facing American democracy.
May 10, 2021 / Tom Lopach
The UC System’s Policing Expansion Belies Its Stated Commitment to Racial Justice The UC System’s Policing Expansion Belies Its Stated Commitment to Racial Justice
The license for the rise of the law-and-order campus dates back to President Richard Nixon and The Report of the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest.
May 10, 2021 / Robin D.G. Kelley, Paola Bacchetta, and David Theo Goldberg
What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021 What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021
A conversation with Melissa Febos about her radical essays on youth and gender.
May 10, 2021 / Q&A / Naomi Gordon-Loebl