The Mayor Nobody Knows The Mayor Nobody Knows
Eric Adams takes office without having had much to say about how—or in whose interests—he’ll govern New York City.
Dec 27, 2021 / Ross Barkan
The Best to You Each Morning The Best to You Each Morning
Palintology. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of December 20.
Dec 24, 2021 / Steve Brodner
Investing In Our Destruction Investing In Our Destruction
You can bank on it!
Dec 24, 2021 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper
Why Christopher Hitchens Still Matters Why Christopher Hitchens Still Matters
A contrarian Christmas provocation.
Dec 24, 2021 / Ben Burgis
That Time the FBI Scrutinized “It’s a Wonderful Life” for Communist Messaging That Time the FBI Scrutinized “It’s a Wonderful Life” for Communist Messaging
The film “deliberately maligned the upper class,” according to a report that didn’t like the portrayal of Mr. Potter as a bad guy.
Dec 24, 2021 / John Nichols
What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For
The university has finally agreed to respond to striking workers’ proposals. Here’s what’s at stake.
Dec 23, 2021 / R.H. Lossin
The Black Core of the Culture War The Black Core of the Culture War
Something happened to Black discourse on the way to the backlash—and that’s no joke.
Dec 23, 2021 / Joshua Adams
Founding Godfathers Founding Godfathers
Mobster Sam Giancana once went as far as to tell his brother that the Mafia and the CIA were “two sides of the same coin."
Dec 23, 2021 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care
Why does the richest country in the world have the most Covid deaths? A primary reason is that the United States does not have a free, universal health care system.
Dec 23, 2021 / Abdullah Shihipar for The Nation