Column

Woman's March NYC

The Resistance Has Come Too Far to Stop Now The Resistance Has Come Too Far to Stop Now

With the fight for Build Back Better raging, this is no time to shrink from the political fray.

Oct 28, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Jose Vega and Family

Disabled and Abandoned in New York State Prisons Disabled and Abandoned in New York State Prisons

Incarcerated people are being disciplined because their disability makes it impossible to comply with prison rules.

Oct 25, 2021 / Column / Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

Woods in Scope

The Guns of North Carolina: Training for the Next January 6? The Guns of North Carolina: Training for the Next January 6?

The barrage of gunfire and explosions from this “Tactical and Cultural Training Center” in the North Carolina woods already has the majority-Black town next door on edge. How worri...

Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Laura Flanders

Oil Refinery

Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil

When both ends of the age spectrum come together, bankers had better pay attention.

Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Bill McKibben and Vidya Muthupillai

John Coltrane

Which Version of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Reigns Supreme? Which Version of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Reigns Supreme?

Is the latest posthumous addition to his canon released today the Holy Grail?

Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Ethan Iverson

Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both?

Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both? Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both?

Both the assassination of Jovenel Moïse and the recent kidnapping of the Christian missionaries should be seen as a kind of blowback—blowback that has exposed our deplorable and fa...

Oct 21, 2021 / Column / Amy Wilentz

UAW John Deere Strike

On the John Deere Picket Line in Iowa With UAW Local 281 On the John Deere Picket Line in Iowa With UAW Local 281

With $1.6 billion in profits just in the third quarter of this year, the company has ample time and money to squeeze striking workers—unless national unions step up their support.

Oct 20, 2021 / Column / Dave Leshtz

Championing Mental Health Is the Latest Celebrity Grift

Championing Mental Health Is the Latest Celebrity Grift Championing Mental Health Is the Latest Celebrity Grift

The Sussexes are cashing in on the wellness explosion, and it couldn’t be more craven.

Oct 20, 2021 / Column / Alexis Grenell

Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet

Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet

For all of our posturing, we’re doomed if the world’s biggest players aren’t in agreement.

Oct 19, 2021 / Column / Michael T. Klare

What Riot?

What Riot? What Riot?

Mike Pence stood up to Donald Trump’s tirade. He certified the vote. He was unflinching. He now implies that day’s been overblown, Though he’s the one the mob had talked of lynchin…

Oct 19, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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