France Rediscovers Parliamentary Politics France Rediscovers Parliamentary Politics
Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition would rather look for allies on the far right than on the left.
Jun 30, 2022 / Harrison Stetler
Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine
On this episode of Start Making Sense, we revisit the history of forced pregnancy under the slave regime in antebellum America, and speculate on how the war will end in Ukraine.
Jun 30, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
The Brutal Verisimilitude of “The Northman” The Brutal Verisimilitude of “The Northman”
Robert Eggers’s latest work, a Viking epic, pushes his obsessive and detail-oriented filmmaking to its limit.
Jun 30, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Life After “Roe” Will Be Worse Than We Feared Life After “Roe” Will Be Worse Than We Feared
We are dealing with religious fanatics, with police chiefs on a mission and prosecutors looking to make their careers in deeply red places.
Jun 29, 2022 / Katha Pollitt
Mark Meadows Is the Biggest January 6 Coward. Also, Perhaps, a Criminal. Mark Meadows Is the Biggest January 6 Coward. Also, Perhaps, a Criminal.
The Trump chief of staff should be in prosecutors’ crosshairs, not for his cowardice but for his support for Trump’s violent coup attempt.
Jun 29, 2022 / Joan Walsh
Harlem Renaissance! Harlem Renaissance!
Mural at 125th Street, NYC.
Jun 29, 2022 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper
“I Called Jane” for a Pre-“Roe” Illegal Abortion “I Called Jane” for a Pre-“Roe” Illegal Abortion
No woman should have to go through what I went through, and no woman should have to overcome barriers to obtain a safe abortion.
Jun 29, 2022 / Carol Chapman
How Will the War in Ukraine End? How Will the War in Ukraine End?
If you’re betting on a democratic Russia anytime soon, you’d better hope peacefully.
Jun 29, 2022 / Rajan Menon
Food Prices Are Up. A “Bean New Deal” May Be the Answer. Food Prices Are Up. A “Bean New Deal” May Be the Answer.
With prices for poultry and beef continuing to rise, the government should ease spending on meat and pay farmers to plant beans.
Jun 29, 2022 / Matthew Miles Goodrich
Fighting Back Against a Reactionary Court Fighting Back Against a Reactionary Court
After Dobbs, Linda Hirshman joins The Time of Monsters to discuss the legal battles to come.