April 30-May 7, 2018, Issue

Cover art by: Louisa Bertman

Feature

Is Dutch Bad Boy Thierry Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right?

His apocalyptic rhetoric is a hit among voters anxious about national identity and suspicious of the EU.
Sebastiaan Faber
How the #NeverAgain Movement Is Disrupting Gun Politics

The gun-control movement has never been able to talk about race—until now.
George Zornick
Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later

Activists today are taking up Dr. King’s mantle and reviving the Poor People’s Campaign.
Michael K. Honey

Editorial

Here Are 10 Progressive Candidates We’re Keeping Our Eyes On for the Midterms

All promise not just a change in party, but an end to status-quo politics.
The Nation
My 11-Year-Old Daughter Is Obsessed With Makeup. Should I Object on Feminist Grounds?

Another reader asks if capitalism exacerbates passive-aggressive behavior. (Whatever.)
Liza Featherstone
Why the New Cold War Is So Dangerous

It increases the chances for a catastrophic war and could damage progressive hopes both here and in Russia.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Play It for Laughs: A Q&A With Armando Iannucci

The filmmaker on his latest film The Death of Stalin, his own politics, and how satirists ought to respond to President Trump.
Joseph Hogan
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Books & the Arts

The Missed Opportunity of the Kerner Report

A new history recovers the forgotten legacy and radical implications of the Kerner Commission.
William P. Jones
In Marx’s Republic

Did Capital offer us visions of freedom as well as domination?
Daniel Luban
Joyce J. Scott’s Coexisting Forces

Scott’s art is unabashedly political, broaching subjects like guns, racism, and misogyny. It’s also gorgeous, rich with tactile materials, color, and an attention to light.
Jillian Steinhauer
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