Capitalism

The Rise of Adjunct Lit

The Rise of Adjunct Lit The Rise of Adjunct Lit

How a bleak future in and out of the academy has produced a new kind of campus novel.

May 3, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Maggie Doherty

Andrew Yang NYC Mayoral Race

How to Stop Andrew Yang How to Stop Andrew Yang

Ranked-choice voting allows New Yorkers to block this celebrity candidate even without a clear progressive front-runner.

Apr 30, 2021 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan

What Janet Yellen Can Do at Treasury

What Janet Yellen Can Do at Treasury What Janet Yellen Can Do at Treasury

After the ravages of the pandemic, the American economy needs more than stabilizing—it needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Will Yellen be up to the task?

Mar 24, 2021 / Feature / Joan Walsh

On Shame and Healing

On Shame and Healing On Shame and Healing

The truths that lie beneath our loneliest year.

Mar 10, 2021 / Rhea Boyd

Donald Trump Rush Limbaugh

The Four Horsemen of the Media Apocalypse The Four Horsemen of the Media Apocalypse

The legacies of Trump, Limbaugh, Murdoch, and Ailes are a lasting plague of misinformation, propaganda, and fake news.

Mar 9, 2021 / Robert Lipsyte

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Letters From the March 22/29, 2021, Issue Letters From the March 22/29, 2021, Issue

Time to choose again… The rule of lawbreakers… Hitchens and faith…

Mar 9, 2021 / Letters / Our Readers

Amazon Union

The Amazon Workers’ Campaign Shows the Need for Labor Law Reform The Amazon Workers’ Campaign Shows the Need for Labor Law Reform

The organizing drive still underway at a fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala., reveals the many ways current law gives employers far too much power.

Feb 25, 2021 / Lynn Rhinehart

Jeff Bezos

As Pandemic Profits Put Bezos on Track for Trillionaire Status, Tish James Asks: At What Cost? As Pandemic Profits Put Bezos on Track for Trillionaire Status, Tish James Asks: At What Cost?

“Since the pandemic began,” says New York’s attorney general, “it is clear that Amazon has valued profit over people.”

Feb 23, 2021 / John Nichols

Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Margaret Thatcher

How Can We Revive Herd Immunity to Fascism? How Can We Revive Herd Immunity to Fascism?

There is a clear correlation between the neoliberal onslaught that started in the 1980s and the rise of neofascism and religious fundamentalism.

Feb 19, 2021 / Gilbert Achcar

The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism

The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism

The NFL is desperate to showcase Black talent in an effort to get us to ignore its treatment of Black people.

Feb 8, 2021 / Dave Zirin

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