Comix Nation Comix Nation
May 20, 2015 / Matt Bors
Snapshot: Love in a Time of Gentrification Snapshot: Love in a Time of Gentrification
A newlywed couple poses for photographs at San Francisco’s City Hall on May 8 amid hundreds of anti-eviction protesters. The demonstrators, holding signs that read stop evictions and no artists, no culture, were calling for an end to the displacement of low-income residents from the Mission District by high-paid tech workers.
May 20, 2015 / Eric Risberg
How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights
Fifty years ago, African-Americans were denied the right to vote. Now the vast majority of Americans are being denied the rightful value of their vote.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman
Turkey’s June Elections: The Last Chance to Save Democracy? Turkey’s June Elections: The Last Chance to Save Democracy?
President Erdogan plans to rewrite the Constitution and concentrate yet more power in his hands.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities
Like other struggling schools, the University of Arizona is raising out-of-state tuition—and courting the affluent students who can afford to pay it.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg
Neo-McCarthyism and the US Media Neo-McCarthyism and the US Media
The crusade to ban Russia policy critics
May 19, 2015 / Feature / James Carden
The Not-So-Feminist History of Wonder Woman The Not-So-Feminist History of Wonder Woman
The superheroine’s polygamous creator exploited the love and labor of the women who were his inspiration.
May 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Emily Greenhouse
How Long Have We Really Been ‘One Nation Under God’? How Long Have We Really Been ‘One Nation Under God’?
Kevin Kruse’s new book explores how “Christian America” was invented to fight FDR’s New Deal.
May 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Molly Worthen
Choose Your Misery Choose Your Misery
On Ex Machina and Andrew Bujalski’s Results
May 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Having a Wedding? A Sweet 16? Consider One of Brazil’s World Cup Stadiums! Having a Wedding? A Sweet 16? Consider One of Brazil’s World Cup Stadiums!
Who could have predicted that Brazil’s World Cup buildup would have disastrous results—other than everyone not financially vested in its success?
May 19, 2015 / Dave Zirin