Politics

Biggest Carbon Footprint

Biggest Carbon Footprint Biggest Carbon Footprint

Corporations shirking responsibility.

Jan 13, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Norman Fruchter by the ocean.

Norman Fruchter Was a Giant in the Fight for Education Equity Norman Fruchter Was a Giant in the Fight for Education Equity

Fruchter, who passed away recently, was also a key figure in the New Left on both sides of the Atlantic.

Jan 13, 2023 / Obituary / Alix Kates Shulman

Student Loan Cancelation Biden

How Student Loan Cancellation Helps Asian Americans How Student Loan Cancellation Helps Asian Americans

Broad-based debt relief could benefit borrowers of all backgrounds.

Jan 13, 2023 / StudentNation / Adrija Bhattacharjee and Orlando Cabalo

Will This Be the Year Dianne Feinstein Finally Retires?

Will This Be the Year Dianne Feinstein Finally Retires? Will This Be the Year Dianne Feinstein Finally Retires?

California Representative Katie Porter has already announced her intention to run for the seat. But the 89-year-old senator hasn't said she'll step down.

Jan 13, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

Rep. Jim Jordan

The House GOP Weaponizes Its Grievances The House GOP Weaponizes Its Grievances

The party's new House select committee is nothing but a Trumped-up foray in the right's ongoing culture war.

Jan 12, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Resistance

Resistance Resistance

Civil-resistance movements grow around the world.

Jan 12, 2023 / OppArt / Christy Arbogast

Kim Reynolds Iowa

Did Avoiding the “Big Lie” Help the Iowa GOP Win Big? Did Avoiding the “Big Lie” Help the Iowa GOP Win Big?

With unified messaging and a reluctance to embrace election denialism, Republicans in Iowa were able to outperform the party nationally and secure nearly every statewide office.

Jan 12, 2023 / StudentNation / Nina Baker

Fintan O’Toole on the Next Insurrection, Plus Katha Pollitt on “She Said”

Fintan O’Toole on the Next Insurrection, Plus Katha Pollitt on “She Said” Fintan O’Toole on the Next Insurrection, Plus Katha Pollitt on “She Said”

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, lessons for a future coup and a review of a film about the reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein story.

Jan 12, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Brazil and Biden’s Foreign Policy

Brazil and Biden’s Foreign Policy Brazil and Biden’s Foreign Policy

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Matthew Duss and Stephen Wertheim discuss the president’s partial break from a failed consensus.

Jan 11, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Dmitry Muratov holds an issue of Novaya Gazeta

Does Russian Journalism Have a Future? Does Russian Journalism Have a Future?

Reflections of a glasnost-era veteran.

Jan 11, 2023 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

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