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Feature
The Rise of the Progressive City
With liberal hopes dashed in Washington, political energy is gathering in cities, where social change is actually possible.
Michelle Goldberg
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Why the Bloodiest Labor Battle in US History Matters Today
All the factors that defined the 1914 conflict at Ludlow are with us once again.
Thai Jones
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Will Phony Populists Hijack the Fight Against Inequality?
These days everyone wants to ‘create opportunity,’ but few want a class war.
Zoë Carpenter
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Editorial
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Jonathan Schell, Eloquent Champion of Nonviolence
He made it clear that on matters of conscience, inaction is unacceptable.
The Editors
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What Jonathan Schell Taught Us About the Power of Nonviolence
What he gave us was so beautiful, so significant, so strong.
Rebecca Solnit
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How Obama’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Could Really Make a Difference
Lecturing black men isn’t going to help them overcome the barriers they face. Better jobs and education policies will.
Pedro Noguera
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Column
Why Do So Many Leftists Want Sex Work to Be the New Normal?
Yes, let’s erase stigma. But feminists, please: let’s not forget to talk about male privilege.
Katha Pollitt
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Books & the Arts
My Johannesburg
The city and its landscape would not exist were it not for many violations against nature.
Mark Gevisser
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Past, Present, Futurism
The Guggenheim’s Futurism exhibition and the Whitney Biennial offer competing visions of present-mindedness.
Barry Schwabsky
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Taking It to the Square
Squarepop—public squares of refusal—is the broken madness of the world stood on its head.
Joshua Clover
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What’s Behind the ‘Poor Door’?
Inclusionary zoning laws are among the few tools left to ensure the creation of affordable housing.
Michael Sorkin
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Letters