Meet India’s Most Prominent Democratic Socialist Meet India’s Most Prominent Democratic Socialist
Yogendra Yadav’s coalition of progressive politicians wants to challenge Narendra Modi’s authoritarian rule.
May 20, 2019 / Tekendra Parmar
Europe’s Striking Climate Kids Show How to Defeat the Far Right Europe’s Striking Climate Kids Show How to Defeat the Far Right
Fighting climate change now polls as a top priority among European voters—while most far-right leaders are climate denialists.
May 20, 2019 / Paul Hockenos
The Media Have Missed a Crucial Message of the UN’s Biodiversity Report The Media Have Missed a Crucial Message of the UN’s Biodiversity Report
If we want to halt the extinction crisis, we need to embrace Indigenous worldviews.
May 20, 2019 / Four Arrows
Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools
Sanders has the most progressive education platform in modern American history.
May 20, 2019 / StudentNation / Nikhil Goyal
Republican Congressman Justin Amash Breaks Party Ranks to Call Trump’s Conduct Impeachable Republican Congressman Justin Amash Breaks Party Ranks to Call Trump’s Conduct Impeachable
Trump is furious that a Republican read the Mueller report and responded with an embrace of the Constitution rather than party loyalty.
May 20, 2019 / John Nichols
John Lanchester’s Eerily Resonant Novel About Borders and Rising Sea Levels John Lanchester’s Eerily Resonant Novel About Borders and Rising Sea Levels
His speculative new novel, The Wall, imagines a dystopian future but offers us a warning about our present.
May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Social Democracy Martin Luther King Jr.’s Social Democracy
In her new book, King and the Other America, historian Sylvie Laurent situates the Poor People’s Campaign and Martin Luther King Jr.’s later years in a longer history of ...
May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
David Treuer’s Monumental History of Native American Life in the 20th Century David Treuer’s Monumental History of Native American Life in the 20th Century
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee tells the story of Native life as it flourished amidst hardship.
May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
Jenny Odell and the Quest to Log Off Jenny Odell and the Quest to Log Off
Can we escape the Internet?
May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution
Modeled after Braudel’s masterpiece on the Mediterranean, The Common Wind helps recovers the radical world of black mariners, rebels, and runaways banding together to realize ...
May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Manisha Sinha