Articles

Apple Is Right to Challenge the FBI

Apple Is Right to Challenge the FBI Apple Is Right to Challenge the FBI

But its case should only be the beginning of protecting our devices.

Feb 24, 2016 / The Editors

The Hate Behind Donald Trump’s Success

The Hate Behind Donald Trump’s Success The Hate Behind Donald Trump’s Success

Why is no one in the Republican establishment directly condemning Trump’s nascent movement of thugs and fanatics?

Feb 24, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky

Congress Honors the Selma Marchers, but Won’t Restore the Voting Rights Act

Congress Honors the Selma Marchers, but Won’t Restore the Voting Rights Act Congress Honors the Selma Marchers, but Won’t Restore the Voting Rights Act

Veterans of the Selma movement are receiving the Congressional Gold Medal, but would rather see the Voting Rights Act fixed.

Feb 24, 2016 / Ari Berman

Delonte West, Mental Health, and Royce White’s Unpublished Letter to the NBA

Delonte West, Mental Health, and Royce White’s Unpublished Letter to the NBA Delonte West, Mental Health, and Royce White’s Unpublished Letter to the NBA

A former NBA player is suffering and another former player is taking the league to task for failing to do the right thing.

Feb 24, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Steaks

Amputated Hands and Torn Fingers: The Meat-Processing Industry’s Horrifying Injuries Amputated Hands and Torn Fingers: The Meat-Processing Industry’s Horrifying Injuries

When a worker is seen as nothing more than a part on an assembly line, who cares if they break?

Feb 24, 2016 / Michelle Chen

A Little Life

A Larger Life A Larger Life

What A Little Life, the churn of narrative nonfiction, and, thus, likely our real views of victims of trauma are missing is the recognition of agency.

Feb 24, 2016 / Larissa Pham

Who Is the Real Progressive: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders?

Who Is the Real Progressive: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders? Who Is the Real Progressive: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders?

Four historians consider how the Democratic candidates fit within the history of the Progressive tradition.

Feb 24, 2016 / Kim Phillips-Fein, Charles Postel, Robert Greene II, and Michael Kazin

A photography class in a cabbage patch at Black Mountain College.

The Weirdness and Joy of Black Mountain College The Weirdness and Joy of Black Mountain College

Can the art of teaching art be exhibited? No, but people keep trying.

Feb 24, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Meet the Heroic Greeks Rescuing the Refugees the EU Has Abandoned

Meet the Heroic Greeks Rescuing the Refugees the EU Has Abandoned Meet the Heroic Greeks Rescuing the Refugees the EU Has Abandoned

They’ve stepped into the gap, offering practical support to the thousands arriving daily on their shores.

Feb 24, 2016 / Feature / Kia Mistilis

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Emperor Trump Emperor Trump

The 2016 election season is beginning to feel like an alternate reality.

Feb 23, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

x