In Memory of Jim Gilliam: Warrior, Brainiac, Friend In Memory of Jim Gilliam: Warrior, Brainiac, Friend
He left a lucrative career in tech to do something meaningful—and he sure did.
Nov 29, 2018 / Robert Greenwald
The New Federal Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Would Remedy Decades of Injustice The New Federal Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Would Remedy Decades of Injustice
America’s 2 million domestic workers have minimal protections on the job. The bill announced today would fundamentally change their industry.
Nov 29, 2018 / Bryce Covert
DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land
Reviving race science plays into centuries of oppression.
Nov 29, 2018 / Aviva Chomsky
Epic Fails: ‘Outlaw King’ and Netflix’s Nationalism Problem Epic Fails: ‘Outlaw King’ and Netflix’s Nationalism Problem
What the film industry gets wrong—and Monty Python gets right—about the nation.
Nov 29, 2018 / Kanishk Tharoor
Why A.S. Hamrah’s Anti-Capitalist Film Criticism Is Essential Reading Why A.S. Hamrah’s Anti-Capitalist Film Criticism Is Essential Reading
The Earth Dies Streaming makes the case that Hamrah is one of his generation's most astute and sharp-tongued film critics.
Nov 29, 2018 / Max Nelson
A New Report Charts the Increase in Limitations on Free Speech in Russia A New Report Charts the Increase in Limitations on Free Speech in Russia
The new restrictions are only being applied to critical and independent voices.
Nov 29, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Travel Boycotts Won’t Fix Myanmar Travel Boycotts Won’t Fix Myanmar
The country’s treatment of its Rohingya minority is vexing tourists, but not enough to stop the violence.
Nov 29, 2018 / Jessica Loudis
Hooked on Justice Hooked on Justice
Long live Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
Nov 29, 2018 / OppArt / Hooked Hands
Where Are the Politics in Michelle Obama’s New Memoir? Where Are the Politics in Michelle Obama’s New Memoir?
Amy Wilentz on Becoming, Kai Wright on midterm victories, and Tom Athanasiou on climate change.
Nov 29, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
In a Rebuke to Trump, the Senate Just Voted to Open Debate on US Support of Saudi War in Yemen In a Rebuke to Trump, the Senate Just Voted to Open Debate on US Support of Saudi War in Yemen
A resolution sponsored by Bernie Sanders breaks the deadlock, with a 63-37 vote.
Nov 28, 2018 / John Nichols