In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers
For the Japanese government, which has never acknowledged Okinawan indigenous rights, the island is a convenient location for the American military.
May 16, 2019 / Maia Hibbett
Empty Calls for Bipartisanship Could Doom Us All Empty Calls for Bipartisanship Could Doom Us All
Democrats may get one more chance to govern before a competent authoritarian emerges on the right. We can’t waste that opportunity.
May 16, 2019 / Ed Burmila
A Victory in the Case of Braeden Bradforth A Victory in the Case of Braeden Bradforth
Finally, an independent investigation has been opened into the high school football star’s death.
May 16, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Trump’s Prodigious Lying Threatens Our Democracy Trump’s Prodigious Lying Threatens Our Democracy
Even after 10,000 falsehoods, many in the media find themselves unable to call a president who lies a liar.
May 16, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
There’s No Running From the Horror of Alabama’s Anti-Abortion Law There’s No Running From the Horror of Alabama’s Anti-Abortion Law
For Democrats, this must be the hill we fight on—and even die on, if necessary.
May 16, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Donald Trump’s Tax Maneuvers Are Typical for His Class Donald Trump’s Tax Maneuvers Are Typical for His Class
If there’s a tax-evasion problem, it festers at the top of our income scale. Yet the IRS too often expends its precious resources going after the poor.
May 16, 2019 / Bryce Covert
Faith and Change in ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘The Silence of Others’ Faith and Change in ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘The Silence of Others’
How two new films confront the different ways communities handle religion and forgiveness.
May 16, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
Want to Dismantle Capitalism? Abolish the Family Want to Dismantle Capitalism? Abolish the Family
Feminist theorist Sophie Lewis’s new book looks at how rethinking pregnancy and the idea of family as forms of labor is central to emancipatory politics.
May 16, 2019 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho
Puzzle No. 3500 Puzzle No. 3500
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Alert: Spanish uncle vanished with slip of the lip over my dead body (3,2,1,3,4,2) 9 Fed reorganized, amid loud ca…
May 16, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Lend a Hand Lend a Hand
The fake emergency at the border is a real crisis of values.
May 16, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo