A Mark Zuckerberg Presidency Isn’t Ridiculous—It’s Terrifying A Mark Zuckerberg Presidency Isn’t Ridiculous—It’s Terrifying
The Facebook CEO destroyed privacy as we know it. Imagine what he’d do in the White House.
Aug 18, 2017 / Jake Bittle
Chris Long Makes the Gesture We’ve Been Waiting For Chris Long Makes the Gesture We’ve Been Waiting For
“I thought it was important that athletes with my skin color stood up with others protesting for racial equality.” With that line, a conversation has been changed.
Aug 18, 2017 / Dave Zirin
The Latest Predatory Banking Practice You Haven’t Heard About: Auto Loans The Latest Predatory Banking Practice You Haven’t Heard About: Auto Loans
The subprime auto-loan industry is now worth about $26 billion.
Aug 18, 2017 / Michelle Chen
A Pitiless Heist Movie A Pitiless Heist Movie
The one thing you can’t do is look away from Benny and Josh Safdie’s acidly titled Good Time.
Aug 18, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
It’s Not Hysterical to Recognize the Threat Trump Poses It’s Not Hysterical to Recognize the Threat Trump Poses
Democracy, such as it is, really is in danger.
Aug 17, 2017 / Katha Pollitt
There’s 1 Country Practically Begging the World for Sanctions There’s 1 Country Practically Begging the World for Sanctions
Hint: It’s not North Korea, Russia, or Iran.
Aug 17, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt
Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow
Today’s conflicts over American slavery and Stalin’s Great Terror reveal similar controversies as well as an unknown Putin.
Aug 17, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Can these Cities Block Texas’s Vile Anti-Immigrant Agenda? Can these Cities Block Texas’s Vile Anti-Immigrant Agenda?
A massive urban resistance is working to stop SB 4 from taking effect in the Lone Star State.
Aug 17, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias
White Nationalists in Charlottesville and the White House: Eric Foner White Nationalists in Charlottesville and the White House: Eric Foner
Plus Bob Dreyfuss on Paul Manafort, and Robert Lipsyte on Trump and golf.
Aug 17, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Three Days in August Three Days in August
They remain in history as a heroic and inspired experience of civic awakening, the unexpected and joyous understanding that everyone’s personal choice has meaning and the futu...
Aug 17, 2017 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina