Music for Dark Times Music for Dark Times
MGMT and Poliça’s new albums offer songs of solace and alarm.
Mar 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
Letters From the April 2, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 2, 2018, Issue
No magazine is an island… Never mind Armageddon… Executive dysfunction… Behold the nothing that is…
Mar 8, 2018 / Our Readers
Chris Hayes: What Trump Means When He Says He’s ‘Strong on Crime’ Chris Hayes: What Trump Means When He Says He’s ‘Strong on Crime’
Plus: Gary Younge on kids and guns and Michael Walzer on foreign policy for the left.
Mar 8, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Teaching Class Solidarity Teaching Class Solidarity
A growing movement is finding creative ways to educate teens about economic justice.
Mar 8, 2018 / Feature / Caroline Preston
Student Protesters: You Have First Amendment Rights Student Protesters: You Have First Amendment Rights
What are your rights as a high-school student activist? The ACLU answered in an online question-and-answer panel.
Mar 6, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
West Virginia Teachers Are Resurrecting the State’s Rich History of Labor Activism West Virginia Teachers Are Resurrecting the State’s Rich History of Labor Activism
But with politicians skirting an overdue reckoning with the energy industry, more struggles are ahead.
Mar 6, 2018 / Elizabeth Catte
Asking Teachers to Carry Guns Is Just Another Way of Refusing to Respect Them Asking Teachers to Carry Guns Is Just Another Way of Refusing to Respect Them
A new item has been added to the long list of impossible expectations for teachers: Picking up a weapon.
Mar 6, 2018 / Belle Chesler
Democratic Party Establishment, It’s Time to Respect Insurgent Progressives Democratic Party Establishment, It’s Time to Respect Insurgent Progressives
Democrats should not revive a doomed strategy of excessive caution and deference to the permanent consultant class.
Mar 6, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The End of March Madness? The End of March Madness?
Sportswriter Patrick Hruby makes the case for athlete compensation and NCAA systemic change.
Mar 6, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Students Aren’t Waiting for March or April. They’re Protesting Now. Students Aren’t Waiting for March or April. They’re Protesting Now.
Every day since February 21, high-school and middle-school students across the country have protested for stronger gun laws, often by walking out of class.
Mar 5, 2018 / StudentNation / Samantha Schuyler