Anti-Facts and Anti-Vaxx Anti-Facts and Anti-Vaxx
Why would I take the vaccine when I’ve already injected myself with bleach?
Apr 6, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
Alternative Facts Alternative Facts
“It was zero threat.… Some of them went in, and they are hugging and kissing the police and the guards—you know, they had great relationships.” —Donald Trump on the January 6 riote…
Apr 6, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Are We Living in an Age of Strongmen? Are We Living in an Age of Strongmen?
A new book by Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses the past and present challenges posed by authoritarianism, but misses the social and economic conditions in which it arises.
Apr 6, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
MLK Was Right About America’s ‘Spiritual Death’ MLK Was Right About America’s ‘Spiritual Death’
Pro-austerity and anti-poor economic policies, along with over-militarization, have kept America in a death spiral for the past half-century.
Apr 5, 2021 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
I Am a Man I Am a Man
Legacy, vision, leadership: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968)
Apr 5, 2021 / OppArt / Robin Holder
The General, the Mistress, and the Love Stories That Blind Us The General, the Mistress, and the Love Stories That Blind Us
Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez discusses her new book on Isabel Cooper, a Filipina American actress and Douglas MacArthur’s lover.
Apr 5, 2021 / Q&A / Noah Flora
Why Brazil Still Matters Why Brazil Still Matters
With Lula eligible to run against Bolsonaro, Brazilians hold the world’s future in their hands.
Apr 5, 2021 / Feature / Glenn Greenwald
Crowdfunding Hate in the Name of Christ Crowdfunding Hate in the Name of Christ
Right-wing extremists have found a safe haven on GiveSendGo, the “#1 Free Christian Crowdfunding Site.”
Apr 5, 2021 / Feature / Talia Lavin
The Age of Care The Age of Care
A new history by Gabriel Winant examines how an economy of care—and with it a new working class—emerged out of deindustrialization.
Apr 5, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Nelson Lichtenstein
Gogol’s Bullshit Jobs Gogol’s Bullshit Jobs
His biting satires of Russian bureaucracy examined the random cruelty and arbitrary hierarchy of an empire in crisis.
Apr 5, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson