The Year of the Youth The Year of the Youth
Over the last year, we’ve seen an extraordinary surge in student organizing around LGBTQ rights, climate change, labor, Palestine, and more.
Dec 22, 2023 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Misguided Satire of “American Fiction” The Misguided Satire of “American Fiction”
A buzzy film adaptation of Percival Everett’s Erasure, a novel about publishing’s racial politics, misreads what is truly ailing the book industry.
Dec 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
The Medieval-ness of Mark Zuckerberg The Medieval-ness of Mark Zuckerberg
There’s something very feudal about his massive doomsday bunker.
Dec 22, 2023 / Kate Wagner
We Need to Modify—Not Trash—Oregon’s Trailblazing Drug Decriminalization Law We Need to Modify—Not Trash—Oregon’s Trailblazing Drug Decriminalization Law
Measure 110 made Oregon the first in country to decriminalize all drugs. The law was poorly implemented and should be changed, not discarded.
Dec 22, 2023 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Texas’s Latest Act of Anti-Immigrant Cruelty Is Blatantly Unconstitutional Texas’s Latest Act of Anti-Immigrant Cruelty Is Blatantly Unconstitutional
This week, Texas passed a law making undocumented immigration illegal in the state. The question now is: Will the Supreme Court do what’s right?
Dec 21, 2023 / Elie Mystal
A Measure of Justice at Last for Victor Jara A Measure of Justice at Last for Victor Jara
World / December 21, 2023 A Measure of Justice at Last for Victor Jara Fifty years after the famed Chilean folksinger was murdered by Pinochet’s military, his alleged execution…
Dec 21, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh
Feminists, Rape, and Hamas; Plus Moms for Liberty Feminists, Rape, and Hamas; Plus Moms for Liberty
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Katha Pollitt talks about the failures of women’s groups, and Randi Weingarten comments on culture war over the schools.
Dec 21, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Eugene Debs, Walter Reuther, Shawn Fain, and Labor’s Anti-War Legacy Eugene Debs, Walter Reuther, Shawn Fain, and Labor’s Anti-War Legacy
The UAW president’s high-profile advocacy for a cease-fire in Gaza renews a tradition of advocacy for peace and justice by class-conscious union leaders. And he’s not alone.
Dec 21, 2023 / John Nichols
The Silencing of Student Voices The Silencing of Student Voices
Over the last year, student perspectives have been repeatedly ignored, dampening the impact young people have on their learning environment.
Dec 21, 2023 / StudentNation / Fanta Kaba