The Pandemic in Our Minds The Pandemic in Our Minds
A classic horror movie reveals how authoritarianism and scapegoating flourish during a plague.
May 1, 2020 / Jeet Heer
When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE
A conversation with directors Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera about their film, The Infiltrators.
May 1, 2020 / Q&A / Mark Engler
Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore
Planet of the Humans is wildly unscientific, outdated, full of falsehoods, and benefits fossil fuel industry promoters and climate deniers.
Apr 30, 2020 / Josh Fox
If Woody Guthrie Were Singing Now About the Postal Service If Woody Guthrie Were Singing Now About the Postal Service
I think he’d chime in on Joe Troop’s “A Plea to the US Government to Fully Fund the Postal Service.”
Apr 30, 2020 / John Nichols
A Hilarious Critique of Cosmopolitanism, Conceptual Art, and All Things Bourgeois A Hilarious Critique of Cosmopolitanism, Conceptual Art, and All Things Bourgeois
In María Sonia Cristoff’s Include Me Out, a member of the global elite leaves behind her life for small town anonymity.
Apr 30, 2020 / Kyle Paoletta
Why Did the ERA Die? FX’s ‘Mrs. America’ Has Some Answers. Why Did the ERA Die? FX’s ‘Mrs. America’ Has Some Answers.
Phyllis Schlafly, the subject of a new nine-part mini-series, teaches feminists never to underestimate their political enemies.
Apr 30, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Finding Humor When ‘Shit Is So Terrible’: A Conversation With Samantha Irby Finding Humor When ‘Shit Is So Terrible’: A Conversation With Samantha Irby
Apr 29, 2020 / Q&A / Rima Parikh
Yup, Trump Endorses Bleach Yup, Trump Endorses Bleach
Just when you think Trump’s handling of the coronavirus couldn’t get worse, he surprises us.
Apr 28, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
At the Limits of Fiction and Grief At the Limits of Fiction and Grief
Angela Schanelec’s latest film is a meditation on loss—and the morality behind even attempting to portray it in art.
Apr 27, 2020 / Rhian Sasseen
The Coronavirus Has Imposed a Fermata on the Music World The Coronavirus Has Imposed a Fermata on the Music World
What can musicians do now? We can play to wash away some of the pain and grief.
Apr 24, 2020 / Christian McBride