The Media’s Climate Blind Spot Is Geographic The Media’s Climate Blind Spot Is Geographic
When climate coverage ignores the Global South, it’s bad for everyone.
Jul 15, 2021 / Saleemul Huq and Mark Hertsgaard
An Unapologetic ‘Tax the Rich’ Message Is the Key to Passing the Democratic Budget Plan An Unapologetic ‘Tax the Rich’ Message Is the Key to Passing the Democratic Budget Plan
“The wealthy and large corporations [must pay] their fair share of taxes, so that we can protect the working families of this country,” says Bernie Sanders.
Jul 15, 2021 / John Nichols
Is a War With China Inevitable? Is a War With China Inevitable?
The statements coming out of the Department of Defense and the upper ranks of Congress these days make it seem that way.
Jul 15, 2021 / Michael T. Klare
Can a Novel Capture the Tensions of Recent Queer History? Can a Novel Capture the Tensions of Recent Queer History?
An assimilationist and a liberationist play cat-and-mouse in Zak Salih’s debut novel Let’s Get Back to the Party.
Jul 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jake Nevins
For Women Under Conservatorship, Forced Birth Control Is Routine For Women Under Conservatorship, Forced Birth Control Is Routine
Advocates were not surprised when Britney Spears said she wasn’t allowed to have her IUD removed. They’d heard similar stories before.
Jul 15, 2021 / Sara Luterman
Utopia Is Possible—Yes, Even Now, Especially Now—but We Have to Demand It Utopia Is Possible—Yes, Even Now, Especially Now—but We Have to Demand It
Radical faith in grand visions is supercharged by the promise that fundamental change is possible.
Jul 15, 2021 / Feature / John Nichols
In Utopia, I Never Have to Write About Immigration Again In Utopia, I Never Have to Write About Immigration Again
In a world without borders, migrants can be people—and migrant artists can, perhaps, be free.
Jul 15, 2021 / Feature / Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
What Will Be the Language of Our Digital Future? What Will Be the Language of Our Digital Future?
Without online diversity, only a handful of people will dictate the fate of the world.
Jul 15, 2021 / Feature / Nanjala Nyabola
In the Image of Jonestown In the Image of Jonestown
In our flattened historical imagination, pictures of atrocity and those of progress can coincide in unsettling ways.
Jul 15, 2021 / Feature / Jay Caspian Kang
America Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem America Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem
Guns don’t kill people... I guess?
Jul 14, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow