How an Investigation Into a Homelessness Nonprofit Turned Into a LA Power Struggle How an Investigation Into a Homelessness Nonprofit Turned Into a LA Power Struggle
By promising to clamp down on corruption, City Controller Kenneth Mejia received more votes than any citywide elected official in Los Angeles history. He’s already making enemies....
Jul 24, 2024 / Paige Oamek and Rohan Montgomery
What’s Old Is New. Darcy Exhibition: Punch Line. What’s Old Is New. Darcy Exhibition: Punch Line.
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Jul 16, 2024 / OppArt / Thomas F. Darcy
Visualizing the Future Visualizing the Future
We aren’t saving the planet. The planet is saving us.
Jul 12, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The Awful Plan to Turn Gaza Into the Next Dubai The Awful Plan to Turn Gaza Into the Next Dubai
The Netanyahu administration seems to have learned from neighboring petrostates that spectacle can distract from ethnic cleansing.
Jul 9, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner
France Avoids Disaster. Can the Olympics Do the Same? France Avoids Disaster. Can the Olympics Do the Same?
The socialist mayor of Paris has promised that the Olympics can make Paris greener, cleaner, and safer. With the left triumphant, will this actually happen?
Jul 8, 2024 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away. Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away.
Mask bans are ostensibly about public safety. The result would be disastrous for public health—but it goes beyond that, too.
Jun 28, 2024 / Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant
“Whose Streets? Our Streets!”: Grants Pass v. The People “Whose Streets? Our Streets!”: Grants Pass v. The People
It’s past time for us to declare as a nation that our people are not disposable.
Jun 27, 2024 / Cori Bush and Stephanie Sena
Unprepared for Pandemics Unprepared for Pandemics
History’s lessons are ignored—or weaponized for political gain.
Jun 25, 2024 / OppArt / Deirdre Barrett
American Bankruptcy Law Already Undercuts Accountability for Police Misconduct American Bankruptcy Law Already Undercuts Accountability for Police Misconduct
And the Supreme Court may be about to make the situation worse.
Jun 19, 2024 / Melissa B. Jacoby
Trump Has Slurred Black-Led Cities Before. In Milwaukee, He’s Paying For It Trump Has Slurred Black-Led Cities Before. In Milwaukee, He’s Paying For It
Trump frequently uses majority-Black cities as synecdoches for urban doom, political corruption and American decline.
Jun 18, 2024 / Joan Walsh