From Richard Collins III to Jordan McNair: The Shocking Negligence of the University of Maryland From Richard Collins III to Jordan McNair: The Shocking Negligence of the University of Maryland
The murder of Richard Collins III and the death of football player Jordan McNair both could have been avoided.
Aug 16, 2018 / Dave Zirin
‘If We Don’t Understand Class Struggle, We Don’t Understand Anything’ ‘If We Don’t Understand Class Struggle, We Don’t Understand Anything’
Filmmaker Ken Loach on populism, the gig economy, and the importance of transnational solidarity in his movies and beyond.
Aug 16, 2018 / Q&A / Lorenzo Marsili
William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom
After a 45-year-long career, the jazz bassist is still creating experimental music pulsing with humanity.
Aug 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
The War in Afghanistan Is Headed for a Record The War in Afghanistan Is Headed for a Record
And it’s not a good one.
Aug 16, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter
Angela Davis, whose bond Franklin offered to post in 1970, says that the singer’s work “helped to shape and deepen a collective consciousness anchored in a yearning for freedom.”
Aug 16, 2018 / Farah Jasmine Griffin
Trump Quietly OK’s Bioengineered Farming on Wildlife Refuges Trump Quietly OK’s Bioengineered Farming on Wildlife Refuges
By rescinding an Obama-era regulation, the administration is giving a green light to agribusiness on protected lands.
Aug 16, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Letters From the September 10-17, 2018, Issue Letters From the September 10-17, 2018, Issue
Poetry, wide open… The poetry editors reply…
Aug 16, 2018 / Our Readers, Stephanie Burt, and Carmen Giménez Smith
Manafort and Gates Manafort and Gates
Their tales of corruption and thieving and fraud Don’t alter the president’s views in the slightest. He’s comfortable boasting, when all’s said and done, That he has attracted the…
Aug 16, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3474 Puzzle No. 3474
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Gets angry when Oakland team is taken in by dubious faith (3,1,3) 5 Honest union leader encounters PR battle, avoi…
Aug 16, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto