No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension
But Trump’s doomed proposal does give us a revealing glimpse into his state of mind.
Aug 28, 2025 / Kate Wagner
Trump’s Occupation Could Cost Billions Trump’s Occupation Could Cost Billions
And DC residents will be footing much of the bill.
Aug 26, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham
Western countries are rushing to recognize Palestine not to stop genocide but to solve a political problem. They’re offering colonial lies dressed up as liberation.
Aug 4, 2025 / Ahmad Ibsais
Essex Hemphill’s Poetry of Belonging Essex Hemphill’s Poetry of Belonging
He was an artist and activist who found in his verse a tool for both community and agitprop.
Jul 30, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Felsenthal
Who Does Nathan Fielder Think He Is? Who Does Nathan Fielder Think He Is?
The second season of his HBO series The Rehearsal—which tackles the crisis facing the aviation industry—is better understood as an extreme form of reality TV.
Jun 2, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
The Human Workforce Behind AI Wants a Union The Human Workforce Behind AI Wants a Union
Contractors who work on Google’s AI products are trying to organize, but new obstacles keep appearing in their path.
May 28, 2025 / Emmet Fraizer
The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema
Why did Hollywood lose interest in making paranoid thrillers like The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor? Was it a change in the culture? Or a change in the marketplace?
Mar 31, 2025 / Books & the Arts / T. M. Brown
What Will You Do? What Will You Do?
What’s your “I am Spartacus” move to protect the more vulnerable, the targeted, the invisibled, the next-on-the-list?
Mar 28, 2025 / Kaveh Akbar
Ronald Johnson’s American Romanticism Ronald Johnson’s American Romanticism
Even those of us who enjoy Ralph Waldo Emerson will apologize for his poetry. His essays—most of which began as lectures—are erudite but predominantly concerned with honesty and co…
Feb 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs
The Dubious Return of the Brutalists The Dubious Return of the Brutalists
Why the stark 20th-century architectural style is back in vogue.
Feb 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook