Michael Stewart’s Death Still Haunts New York Michael Stewart’s Death Still Haunts New York
In 1985, police were acquitted in the killing of a graffiti artist and painter, a grisly act that galvanized the city’s art underground. Why has he been forgotten?
Jul 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Michael Shorris
Democrats Should Become the Pro-Porn Party Democrats Should Become the Pro-Porn Party
An immodest proposal.
Jul 2, 2025 / Elie Mystal
No Kings, International Movement No Kings, International Movement
No Kings demonstration June 14, 2025, Barcelona, Spain, 2025.
Jul 2, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States
With Trump’s antitrust appointees more concerned with scoring points in MAGA culture wars than restraining corporate abuses, officials in the states are keeping up the fight.
Jul 2, 2025 / Ron Knox
Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party’s floundering over immigration leaves it without an opposition strategy.
Jul 1, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing
With his majority opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor, Alito gave bigoted parents a big, fat kiss—and changed the nature of public education.
Jul 1, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Inside One of the Largest Student Worker Strikes Ever Inside One of the Largest Student Worker Strikes Ever
Around 4,000 members of the University of Oregon Student Workers went on strike in April, winning the first contract that covers every undergraduate worker at a public university....
Jul 1, 2025 / StudentNation / Andrew Berka
The Supreme Court Just Handed the States More Power to Gut Healthcare The Supreme Court Just Handed the States More Power to Gut Healthcare
The court’s ruling on Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic undermines the Medicaid program and puts reproductive health care in peril.
Jun 30, 2025 / Rachel Rebouché
The Abominable Sadism of “Alligator Auschwitz” The Abominable Sadism of “Alligator Auschwitz”
Slated to open this week, Florida’s new detention center will have more than a little in common with a Nazi concentration camp.
Jun 30, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence
When Bill Moyers helped launch the Covering Climate Now media collaboration, he urged fellow journalists to “tell the story so people get it.”
Jun 30, 2025 / Obituary / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope