Ross Gay on the Labor of “Inciting Joy” Ross Gay on the Labor of “Inciting Joy”
A conversation with the poet Ross Gay about Inciting Joy, an exploration of joy as a critical emotion that “gets us to love, as a practice of survival."
Oct 25, 2022 / Back Page / Sara Franklin
Redefining Freedom With Robin Kelley Redefining Freedom With Robin Kelley
A conversation with the historian about the 20th-anniversary of his seminal book Freedom Dreams, how the meaning of freedom has changed in the intervening years, the reparations de...
Oct 24, 2022 / Back Page / Omari Weekes
The Intimate and Interconnected History of the Internet The Intimate and Interconnected History of the Internet
Kevin Driscoll’s new book The Modem World offers a picture of an early Internet defined by community, experimentation, and lack of privacy.
Oct 14, 2022 / Q&A / Jacob Bruggeman
A Survival Guide for Humans Learned From Marine Mammals A Survival Guide for Humans Learned From Marine Mammals
Alexis Pauline Gumbs tells Laura Flanders why she looks to the ocean world for lessons on how to thrive.
Oct 10, 2022 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Cash Is Never Neutral: A Conversation on the Politics of Money Cash Is Never Neutral: A Conversation on the Politics of Money
Stefan Eich talks to The Nation about the role monetary policy plays in crisis, if money can be turned into a more democratic tool, and his new book, The Currency of Politics.
Oct 10, 2022 / Highlights / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Jessa Crispin Speaks From the Heartland Jessa Crispin Speaks From the Heartland
The author's latest book, My Three Dads, blends personal memory with American history, offering incisive cultural criticism that turns to small-town values to understand American i...
Oct 7, 2022 / Q&A / Brianna Di Monda
Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights
Bree Carlson, the new co-director of ACRE, discusses the struggle for racial and economic justice in a world of global capital.
Oct 5, 2022 / Q&A / Lucy Dean Stockton
Ken Burns Gets at the Nasty Underbelly of American History Ken Burns Gets at the Nasty Underbelly of American History
David Nasaw in conversation with Jon Wiener on the new PBS documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust.
Sep 29, 2022 / Audio / Jon Wiener
Hua Hsu’s Lesson in Friendship Hua Hsu’s Lesson in Friendship
His memoir Stay True is a moving portrait of friends, death, doubt, and everything in between.
Sep 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Rosemarie Ho
Holding Back the Tide of Water Privatization Holding Back the Tide of Water Privatization
Three public water activists say privatization is not the answer to our infrastructure woes.
Sep 22, 2022 / Q&A / Hadas Thier