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Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba

Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba

A conversation about how the pandemic has raised the stakes for the abolition movement, collective care, and a world without prisons.

Mar 29, 2021 / Q&A / Elias Rodriques

A Turtle’s Life Cycle?

A Turtle’s Life Cycle? A Turtle’s Life Cycle?

4,600 sea turtles are killed in US fisheries every year.

Mar 26, 2021 / OppArt / Jos Sances

The Night the Nazis Came to Murder My Grandfather

The Night the Nazis Came to Murder My Grandfather The Night the Nazis Came to Murder My Grandfather

John Heartfield was a lifelong foe of fascism who used his art as a weapon—and whose devastating portrayals of Hitler, Goering, and Mussolini nearly cost him his life.

Mar 26, 2021 / Feature / John J Heartfield and Lance Hansen

Insurrection

Insurrection Insurrection

GOP wholesale and retail.

Mar 25, 2021 / OppArt / Rob Rogers and Pat Bagley

The Debt We Owe Edward Said

The Debt We Owe Edward Said The Debt We Owe Edward Said

A conversation with biographer Timothy Brennan about the enduring political and intellectual legacy of the Palestinian thinker.

Mar 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kaleem Hawa

Remembering George Floyd

Remembering George Floyd Remembering George Floyd

Poster seen at a Black Lives Matter demonstration, NYC 2020, art by Black Banjo.

Mar 24, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions ‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions

Fukushima, Covid, rampant suicide—we’re asked to overcome, to forget, but healing requires confrontation.

Mar 24, 2021 / Lisa Torio

Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History

Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History

In his new novel Klara and the Sun, the British novelist offers us a narrative as much about our own world as about any imagined future.

Mar 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Katie Fitzpatrick

Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson’s Influence in the LBJ Administration Was Minimized for Far Too Long Lady Bird Johnson’s Influence in the LBJ Administration Was Minimized for Far Too Long

Ignoring women’s contributions isn’t just an issue of fairness. The problem is that we simply get our history wrong.

Mar 23, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ami Ayalon’s Political Journey

Ami Ayalon’s Political Journey Ami Ayalon’s Political Journey

In Friendly Fire, the former Shin Bet director offers two narratives—one of the story that Israel tells the world, the other of the story Israel tries not to tell the world.

Mar 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Raja Shehadeh

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