When Big Names Are Everywhere When Big Names Are Everywhere
Norman and Obit are movies lovingly dedicated to the virtues of the small and the anonymous.
Apr 21, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Undocumented Bakers Are Planning ‘A Day Without Bread’ This Friday Undocumented Bakers Are Planning ‘A Day Without Bread’ This Friday
The workers at New York City’s Tom Cat Bakery are asking consumers to show their support at the dining table.
Apr 20, 2017 / Michelle Chen
How Congress Could Give Trump the Green Light to Go After Medical Marijuana How Congress Could Give Trump the Green Light to Go After Medical Marijuana
The government shutdown fight has big implications for medical marijuana patients.
Apr 20, 2017 / George Zornick
The Next Generation of Democratic Socialists Has Started Winning Local Elections The Next Generation of Democratic Socialists Has Started Winning Local Elections
Campaigning for economic and social justice, they are winning municipal races in states like Illinois and Georgia.
Apr 20, 2017 / John Nichols
It’s Time for the Left to Take Questions About Russia, Trump, and Hacking Seriously It’s Time for the Left to Take Questions About Russia, Trump, and Hacking Seriously
It’s healthy to be skeptical. But it’s possible to take skepticism too far.
Apr 20, 2017 / Joshua Holland
How Our Foreign-Policy Elites Manufactured the Korea Crisis How Our Foreign-Policy Elites Manufactured the Korea Crisis
The attack on the Syrian airfield was a message to North Korea and China—and a demonstration of Trump’s capitulation to the imperial clique.
Apr 20, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Scott Walker Just Cluelessly Exploited the Milwaukee Bucks to Suck Up to Trump Scott Walker Just Cluelessly Exploited the Milwaukee Bucks to Suck Up to Trump
In reality, the Bucks stand for everything that Scott Walker—and Donald Trump—are against.
Apr 20, 2017 / Dave Zirin
The World Hasn’t Had This Many People Dying of Starvation and Disease Since World War II The World Hasn’t Had This Many People Dying of Starvation and Disease Since World War II
And the United States is complicit in their death.
Apr 20, 2017 / Michael T. Klare
Bill McKibben: This Is Our Last Chance to Save the Planet Bill McKibben: This Is Our Last Chance to Save the Planet
Plus, Frances Fitzgerald on evangelicals and Trump, and Andrew Bacevich on our endless war in Afghanistan.
Apr 20, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
An O’Reilly Defender An O’Reilly Defender
“I don’t think Bill did anything wrong.” —Donald Trump The president’s defending Bill, However grim the charges are. No flip-flop there: Trump’s plainly said That groping’s fine if…
Apr 20, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin