Print Magazine May 6, 2019, Issue Cover art by: Doug Chayka Purchase Current Issue or Login to Download the PDF of this Issue Download the PDF of this Issue Editorial In Mexico, ‘The Cartels Do Not Exist’: A Q&A With Oswaldo Zavala The CUNY professor’s new book about drug trafficking has sparked controversy in Mexico, but he says the US isn’t yet ready for the discussion. Jessica Loudis Inciting Hatred Is Trump’s 2020 Game Plan The attacks on Ilhan Omar are just a foretaste; he will turn with increasing frequency to racism and xenophobia to divide and conquer Democrats. John Nichols The ‘New York Post’ Cover Generator Jen Sorensen Julian Assange’s Arrest Should Worry Anyone Who Cares About Freedom of the Press The indictment, charging him with hacking one password, may seem like good news; in fact, it’s an attack on investigative journalism. Bruce Shapiro Column Brexit Is Not Just a Tragedy for Britain The UK’s ridiculous behavior has made the EU look far more coherent than it deserves. Gary Younge Back in Westeros Game of Thrones’ final season depicts a fractured world’s last shot at redemption. Katha Pollitt Welcome Herman Cain Calvin Trillin Letters Letters From the May 6, 2019, Issue Cover to cover… A miss on Mueller… Parenting lessons… Our Readers Feature Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back. Laid-off retail workers are demanding severance, labor protections—and an end to the Wall Street playbook of owning a company while hollowing it out. Bryce Covert Why Are ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Washington Post’ Producing Ads for Big Oil? It looks like real news, but “native advertising” is greenwashing for the climate-wrecking industry. Amy Westervelt The Media Are Complacent While the World Burns But there’s a brand-new playbook for journalists fighting for a 1.5°C world. Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope Books & the Arts Love Prodigal Traci Brimhall Dear Melissa— TC Tolbert Maurice Carlos Ruffin Confronts the Horror and Spectacle of Racism His debut novel, We Cast a Shadow, is among a series of recent works that pair analysis of race with grim, fantastical tales of metamorphosis. Stephen Kearse Democracy’s Midlife Crisis Democracies do not necessarily go out with a bang; they can also end with a whimper. Jan-Werner Müller This Is How You Make an Electronic Masterpiece Helado Negro’s new album of deeply intimate electronic music is simply stunning. Julyssa Lopez Recent Issues See All "swipe left below to view more recent issues"Swipe → October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 See All x
In Mexico, ‘The Cartels Do Not Exist’: A Q&A With Oswaldo Zavala The CUNY professor’s new book about drug trafficking has sparked controversy in Mexico, but he says the US isn’t yet ready for the discussion. Jessica Loudis
Inciting Hatred Is Trump’s 2020 Game Plan The attacks on Ilhan Omar are just a foretaste; he will turn with increasing frequency to racism and xenophobia to divide and conquer Democrats. John Nichols
Julian Assange’s Arrest Should Worry Anyone Who Cares About Freedom of the Press The indictment, charging him with hacking one password, may seem like good news; in fact, it’s an attack on investigative journalism. Bruce Shapiro
Brexit Is Not Just a Tragedy for Britain The UK’s ridiculous behavior has made the EU look far more coherent than it deserves. Gary Younge
Back in Westeros Game of Thrones’ final season depicts a fractured world’s last shot at redemption. Katha Pollitt
Letters From the May 6, 2019, Issue Cover to cover… A miss on Mueller… Parenting lessons… Our Readers
Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back. Laid-off retail workers are demanding severance, labor protections—and an end to the Wall Street playbook of owning a company while hollowing it out. Bryce Covert
Why Are ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Washington Post’ Producing Ads for Big Oil? It looks like real news, but “native advertising” is greenwashing for the climate-wrecking industry. Amy Westervelt
The Media Are Complacent While the World Burns But there’s a brand-new playbook for journalists fighting for a 1.5°C world. Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Maurice Carlos Ruffin Confronts the Horror and Spectacle of Racism His debut novel, We Cast a Shadow, is among a series of recent works that pair analysis of race with grim, fantastical tales of metamorphosis. Stephen Kearse
Democracy’s Midlife Crisis Democracies do not necessarily go out with a bang; they can also end with a whimper. Jan-Werner Müller
This Is How You Make an Electronic Masterpiece Helado Negro’s new album of deeply intimate electronic music is simply stunning. Julyssa Lopez