Escaping the Processed World Escaping the Processed World
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Chris Carlsson on the legacy of Processed World, an anti-capitalist magazine that took on tech.
Aug 1, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Why the GOP Removed Anti-Gay Language From Its Platform Why the GOP Removed Anti-Gay Language From Its Platform
Amid many Republicans’ continued hostility to LGBTQ rights in state legislatures, Democrats call the RNC’s removal of opposition to same-sex marriage “political theater.”
Aug 1, 2024 / StudentNation / Liam Beran
How Biden’s Court Reform Proposals Could Work—if the Court Would Let Them How Biden’s Court Reform Proposals Could Work—if the Court Would Let Them
The president’s trio of reforms marks a worthy first step, but it doesn’t go nearly far enough to reverse the right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court.
Jul 30, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Kamala Harris Needs to Put Arrogant Plutocratic Donors in Their Place Kamala Harris Needs to Put Arrogant Plutocratic Donors in Their Place
Wealthy centrists are already pressuring Democrats to give up their progressive achievements.
Jul 29, 2024 / Jeet Heer
J.D. Vance’s Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You Think J.D. Vance’s Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You Think
Patriarchy, plutocracy, and ethnonationalism fuel the vice-presidential candidate’s bizarre slur.
Jul 26, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Silicon Valley Is Backing Donald Trump Silicon Valley Is Backing Donald Trump
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Jacob Silverman on why tech billionaires have grown fonder of the former president.
Jul 25, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx
At My High School, the Library Is for Everything but Books At My High School, the Library Is for Everything but Books
The administration has rebranded our library as a communal space for doing almost everything except reading.
Jul 24, 2024 / StudentNation / Jeannine Chiang
Working-Class Americans Prefer a “Hand Up” to a “Handout” Working-Class Americans Prefer a “Hand Up” to a “Handout”
Working- and middle-class Americans take pride in their work. If Democrats want to win their votes, they need to acknowledge and appeal to that pride, not dismiss or patronize it....
Jul 23, 2024 / Column / Erica Etelson
By Withdrawing in Favor of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden Proves That Only the GOP Is a Personality Cult By Withdrawing in Favor of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden Proves That Only the GOP Is a Personality Cult
Democrats acted as a proper political party, while Republicans remain in thrall to a dangerous authoritarian.
Jul 22, 2024 / Jeet Heer