How Useful Is Theory In Moments of Crisis? How Useful Is Theory In Moments of Crisis?
A conversation with sociologist Dylan Riley about the state of left politics, defending social theory as a political tool, and his new book Microverses.
Oct 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ishan Desai-Geller
Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working. Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working.
Kyle Spencer’s new book Raising Them Right shows how the conservative establishment has recruited and trained new generations of activists over the last 60 years.
Oct 26, 2022 / Q&A / Julian Epp
Learning From the “Bad Gays” of History Learning From the “Bad Gays” of History
A conversation with Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller about queer crooks, villains, and anti-heros, and what we might learn from the sinister side of gay politics.
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 / Q&A / 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 / Q&A / 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 / Q&A / 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