The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change
What we need to know now is not what climate change will do in the future, but what we should about it in the present.
May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni
Gun Restriction Dummies Gun Restriction Dummies
The gun lobby uses America for target practice.
May 20, 2019 / OppArt / Anthony Freda
Why Fascists Storm Bookstores Why Fascists Storm Bookstores
A spate of attacks from DC to Berkeley show how far the right will go to shut down free expression.
May 20, 2019 / Elizabeth King
Trump May Not Want War With Iran—but the Coalition of the Killing May Give Him One Trump May Not Want War With Iran—but the Coalition of the Killing May Give Him One
That’s why it’s critical that the public, Congress, and especially Dems seeking to replace Trump in 2020 speak out against it now.
May 17, 2019 / Bob Dreyfuss
Abortion Bans Have No Respect for Life, Fairness, or Equality Abortion Bans Have No Respect for Life, Fairness, or Equality
Why a spate of restrictive new bills will hurt poor and minority women the most.
May 17, 2019 / Laila Lalami
Both Saudi Arabia and the United States Are Probably Guilty of War Crimes in Yemen Both Saudi Arabia and the United States Are Probably Guilty of War Crimes in Yemen
The Saudi coalition deliberately targets civilians with US weapons—and US officials have known this for years.
May 17, 2019 / Mohamad Bazzi
Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality
His new book, The Privileged Poor, examines the way elite colleges and universities welcome, and don’t welcome, students from the working classes.
May 17, 2019 / Q&A / Edwin Aponte
The Political Power of the Green New Deal The Political Power of the Green New Deal
Climate activists are pushing Democratic candidates to give voters “something worth voting for.”
May 17, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter
Roe v. Wade Threatened Again Roe v. Wade Threatened Again
States’ cynical laws to overturn a woman’s right to chose.
May 17, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Rudy Cancels His Trip Rudy Cancels His Trip
He isn’t going to Ukraine. Alas. We hoped and prayed in vain That he would go and then explain That there he wanted to remain.
May 17, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin