A New Golden Age for Labor? Not So Fast A New Golden Age for Labor? Not So Fast
Although there’s been an uptick in labor organizing in recent years, it hasn’t been the “resurgence” that many commentators claim it is.
May 1, 2025 / Benjamin Y. Fong
The Right-Wing Campaign to Suppress Opposition Consolidates Its Gains The Right-Wing Campaign to Suppress Opposition Consolidates Its Gains
New laws that effectively criminalize dissent reflect the right’s disgust for politically active citizens.
May 1, 2025 / Zohra Ahmed
May Day Is a Day for Strikes May Day Is a Day for Strikes
May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again.
May 1, 2025 / Shawn Fain
The Coming Crisis in Kashmir The Coming Crisis in Kashmir
In the aftermath of an attack that claimed the lives of 26 Indian civilians, Kashmiri locals are afraid of what comes next.
Apr 30, 2025 / Fahad Shah
Trump’s Newest Executive Order “Unleashes” the Cops—and Flirts With Martial Law Trump’s Newest Executive Order “Unleashes” the Cops—and Flirts With Martial Law
The new order effectively allows police to get away with murder. And that’s just the beginning.
Apr 30, 2025 / Elie Mystal
From the 1950s Red Scare to Trump, Plus the Alger Hiss Case From the 1950s Red Scare to Trump, Plus the Alger Hiss Case
On this episode of Start Making Sense, historian Beverly Gage compares Trump’s attacks on universities with those of the McCarthy Era, and Jeff Kisseloff argues that Whittaker Cha...
Apr 30, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
We Can Run the World Without Fossil Fuels We Can Run the World Without Fossil Fuels
By lighting a green lantern in Boston’s Old North Church, environmentalists announce a new global day of action—Sun Day—to celebrate a world that no longer needs fossil fuels.
Apr 30, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard and Bill McKibben
The Bloody Blues of “Sinners” The Bloody Blues of “Sinners”
Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster horror period piece sets out to reinvent the creature feature—for better and for worse.
Apr 30, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse