
This Is the Bruce We’ve Been Waiting For This Is the Bruce We’ve Been Waiting For
Springsteen’s fans knew his politics, but he didn’t always show them off. Now he’s jumped out of the gate to stand against “dangerous times in my home.” Let freedom ring.
May 15, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Looting America’s Future Looting America’s Future
Trump’s corruption reaches new heights.
May 15, 2025 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson

The Retro Pop of Lady Gaga and Baths The Retro Pop of Lady Gaga and Baths
In their new albums, the musicians look backward as much as forward.
May 15, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

I Thought David Horowitz Was a Joke—but He Foreshadowed the Trump Coalition I Thought David Horowitz Was a Joke—but He Foreshadowed the Trump Coalition
As an undergrad, I mocked the radical leftist turned reactionary. But with his cruel, vindictive politics taking over the government, he had the last laugh.
May 15, 2025 / David Klion

Katie Kitamura’s Divided Selves Katie Kitamura’s Divided Selves
Her fiction are studies of fragmentation and ambivalence.
May 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye

Is Criticism Really in Crisis? Is Criticism Really in Crisis?
Andrea Long Chu and the politics of critical life.
May 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano

May Day, Istanbul, Turkey May Day, Istanbul, Turkey
On May 1, 2025, thousands of people demonstrated in Istanbul, and over 400 were arrested by police.
May 13, 2025 / OppArt / Mehmet Altun

Nostalgia for the American Logger? Nostalgia for the American Logger?
Reflections on Gentlemen of the Woods: Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack.
May 13, 2025 / Erik Loomis

Flattery Will Get You Everywhere Flattery Will Get You Everywhere
May 13, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Christopher Hill’s Revolutions Christopher Hill’s Revolutions
The radical life and work of the historian.
May 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker