Politics

Rennie Davis and Joan Didion

Remembering Rennie Davis, Remembering Joan Didion Remembering Rennie Davis, Remembering Joan Didion

Interviews with two we lost in 2021.

Dec 30, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Say Their Names

Say Their Names Say Their Names

Sidewalk, Broadway / W. 96th St.

Dec 29, 2021 / OppArt / Anonymous and Steve Brodner

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How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden

The country desperately needs relief, and the president needs a political win.

Dec 28, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Plague Doctors’ Bacchanal

Plague Doctors’ Bacchanal Plague Doctors’ Bacchanal

Another year of the Covid pandemic.

Dec 28, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Kornbluth

Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation

Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation

In her new book, Nelson examines the politics of freedom on the left and the right.

Dec 28, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022

These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022 These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022

For a year that saw progress come slowly and presidential approval ratings decline, these progressives held the line, speaking truth to power, defending democracy, and showing up f...

Dec 28, 2021 / Feature / John Nichols

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Why Democrats Started Fixating on Inflation Why Democrats Started Fixating on Inflation

Anticipating an impact on their electoral fortunes, Democrats are hoping to get ahead on a pressing question.

Dec 28, 2021 / Column / Aída Chávez

Bullet

Bullet Bullet

Your name here.

Dec 27, 2021 / OppArt / Jim Phillips

Eric Adams Election Party

The Mayor Nobody Knows The Mayor Nobody Knows

Eric Adams takes office without having had much to say about how—or in whose interests—he’ll govern New York City.

Dec 27, 2021 / Ross Barkan

The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement

The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement

Why is Mark Levin’s American Marxism so popular?

Dec 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

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