Q&A

Gabor Maté; V, formerly Eve Ensler

Turning Trauma Into Social Change Turning Trauma Into Social Change

Laura Flanders talks with Gabor Maté and V, formerly Eve Ensler, about loneliness and facing difficult truths.

Mar 7, 2024 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

Shawn Fain

Shawn Fain: “Trump Doesn’t Give a Damn About Working-Class People” Shawn Fain: “Trump Doesn’t Give a Damn About Working-Class People”

An exclusive interview with the UAW president.

Mar 15, 2024 / Editorial / John Nichols

Lisa Vanderpump and Tom Sandoval, of “Vanderpump Rules,” at Bravocon in Las Vegas, Nev., 2023.

Are Autofiction and Reality TV the Same? Are Autofiction and Reality TV the Same?

A conversation with the literary critic Anna Kornbluh on her new book Immediacy, a searing indictment of a newly prevalent aesthetic of verisimilitude and the first person.

Mar 4, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer

Michelle Horton on

“The System Works So Hard to Silence Us Because Our Voices Are Powerful” “The System Works So Hard to Silence Us Because Our Voices Are Powerful”

An interview with author and activist Michelle Horton about her new book, Dear Sister.

Feb 28, 2024 / Q&A / Victoria Law

Ali Abu Awwad

“I Don’t Want to Resist the Occupation—I Want to End the Occupation” “I Don’t Want to Resist the Occupation—I Want to End the Occupation”

An interview with Palestinian activist Ali Abu Awwad.

Feb 27, 2024 / Editorial / Ray Suarez

US Senators Chris Van Hollen (C-L) and Jeff Merkley (C-R) talk to the press as they visit the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the southern Gaza Strip along with a US delegation on January 5, 2024.

Report From the Rafah Crossing: An Interview With Jeff Merkley Report From the Rafah Crossing: An Interview With Jeff Merkley

The Oregon senator who tried to get into Gaza explains what he saw and learned.

Feb 9, 2024 / Q&A / Jon Wiener

The Century of Milton Friedman

The Century of Milton Friedman The Century of Milton Friedman

An interview with Jennifer Burns on her authoritative new biography of the American economist and the personal and intellectual origins of his theories.

Feb 5, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Pro-Palestinian supporters watch proceedings outside the International Court of Justice during the court ruling in The Hague, Netherlands, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024.

“This Was a Watershed Moment”: What the ICJ’s Israel Ruling Really Means “This Was a Watershed Moment”: What the ICJ’s Israel Ruling Really Means

An interview with Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch, about the historic genocide ruling from the UN’s top court.

Jan 26, 2024 / Q&A / Jack Mirkinson

Protesters hold a huge banner reading

Making Abortion Safe Outside of the Legal System: A Q&A on Self-Managed Abortion Making Abortion Safe Outside of the Legal System: A Q&A on Self-Managed Abortion

Sociologist Naomi Braine’s new book on the global feminist movement for self-managed abortion took her to Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe to study activists’ work the...

Jan 30, 2024 / Q&A / Felicia Kornbluh

Why a UN Human Rights Adviser Quit Over Israeli War Crimes

Why a UN Human Rights Adviser Quit Over Israeli War Crimes Why a UN Human Rights Adviser Quit Over Israeli War Crimes

Craig Mokhiber explains why he resigned from his UN post with a letter accusing the organization of failing to stop an unfolding genocide in Gaza.

Jan 18, 2024 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

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