Ronald Johnson’s American Romanticism Ronald Johnson’s American Romanticism
Books & the Arts / February 26, 2025 Ronald Johnson’s American Romanticism An inheritor of a distinct tradition that stretched back to Coleridge and Emerson, Johnson’s natu…
Feb 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs
Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza! Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza!
Manifest Destiny gets a reboot under President Donald Trump.
Feb 25, 2025 / William J. Astore
Linda McMahon’s Only Qualification as Education Secretary Is a History of Spreading Hate Linda McMahon’s Only Qualification as Education Secretary Is a History of Spreading Hate
Even in Trump’s cabinet of hucksters, reality-show stars, and drunk white nationalists, Linda McMahon is a bizarre choice for education secretary.
Feb 25, 2025 / Dave Zirin
How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks
As the Trump administration targets trans people, healthcare workers are mobilizing to support their patients’ ability to get the care they need.
Feb 25, 2025 / Sarah Lazare
Protect Peace in Palestine Protect Peace in Palestine
Keep hope for peace alive.
Feb 25, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
The Value of Joy The Value of Joy
By canceling Joy Reid’s cable news show, MSNBC has not only silenced a brilliant host: It’s silenced the next Black voice you haven’t yet heard.
Feb 25, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Trump Is Fumbling the NLRB. But Amazon Workers Can Still Build Momentum. Trump Is Fumbling the NLRB. But Amazon Workers Can Still Build Momentum.
Amazon Teamsters’ December strike was the biggest in the company’s history. What does their future look like under Trump 2.0?
Feb 25, 2025 / Ella Fanger
We Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Call the US What It Really Is: an Oligarchy We Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Call the US What It Really Is: an Oligarchy
Across the ideological spectrum, anger toward the superrich is a major source of movement energy.
Feb 25, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Djuna Barnes’s Playthings Djuna Barnes’s Playthings
Her short fiction provides an odd glimpse at a writer whose interests move beyond the human and into something more inchoate.
Feb 25, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Missouri Williams
The Far Right Just Made Terrifying New Gains in Germany The Far Right Just Made Terrifying New Gains in Germany
One lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended.
Feb 24, 2025 / Carol Schaeffer