How Progressives Won the School Culture War—in New Hampshire! How Progressives Won the School Culture War—in New Hampshire!
An upset victory last week in a red state suggests that the Republican Party’s game plan for attacking public education may not be a winning strategy.
Mar 15, 2022 / Jennifer C. Berkshire
What We’re Still Getting Wrong About the Unabomber What We’re Still Getting Wrong About the Unabomber
Ted Kaczynski’s violence—reexamined in a new biopic—fascinates US audiences, but not for the reasons we think.
Mar 15, 2022 / R.H. Lossin
Howardena Pindell’s Decades-Long Fight to Integrate the Art World Howardena Pindell’s Decades-Long Fight to Integrate the Art World
There’s been a surge of interest in the 78-year-old artist’s work, but art institutions remain overwhelmingly white and male.
Mar 15, 2022 / Alana Pockros
Are We Still Fighting the Battles of the New Left? Are We Still Fighting the Battles of the New Left?
Terence Renaud’s new book compels us to revisit post-war activist movements around the world to understand generational conflicts in the left.
Mar 15, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
The Incurable Optimism of Dave Grohl The Incurable Optimism of Dave Grohl
In his new memoir, the Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter front man charts his swift rise in the music industry.
Mar 14, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Bessner
A Socialist in the Newsroom: Kent MacDougall, 1931–2021 A Socialist in the Newsroom: Kent MacDougall, 1931–2021
The once-controversial reporter and teacher dies without notice.
Mar 11, 2022 / Tom Goldstein
Covid and Canceled Gigs Have Left Musicians High and Dry Covid and Canceled Gigs Have Left Musicians High and Dry
Yet most working musicians have been marginalized or excluded from current Covid relief funding.
Mar 10, 2022 / Marc Ribot
The Wonder and Horror of Delayed Adulthood The Wonder and Horror of Delayed Adulthood
With Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier completes a trilogy of films that interrogates an aging generation facing a murky future.
Mar 10, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi
The Practical Politics of Police Abolition The Practical Politics of Police Abolition
In Becoming an Abolitionist, Derecka Purnell examines how one cannot separate putting an end to policing from broader struggles for freedom.
Mar 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Clair
What Is to Be Done What Is to Be Done
When asked Why here? Mao said We didn’t pick it Here is a slab of If Here is a set of appropriate roles; armed in cinema Armed against No one was here I see you, us. Someday Our a…
Mar 8, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Zaina Alsous