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Have Americans Become More Conspiratorial?

Have Americans Become More Conspiratorial? Have Americans Become More Conspiratorial?

In their new book, Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum argue that a new form of conspiracy thinking is consuming our culture in dangerous and alarming ways. But is it?

Sep 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld

Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’

Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’ Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’

The No Logo author talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes, and how she finds hope.

Sep 15, 2019 / Natalie Hanman

Puzzle No. 3509

Puzzle No. 3509 Puzzle No. 3509

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Parts of article used and reused in parallel (6,6)  9 Senior Department of Justice figure in the Obama administrati…

Sep 12, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

One of America’s First Graphic Novels Was by a Blacklisted Socialist

One of America’s First Graphic Novels Was by a Blacklisted Socialist One of America’s First Graphic Novels Was by a Blacklisted Socialist

William Gropper’s recently republished 1930 work Alay-Oop is an exciting addition to the comics canon.

Sep 12, 2019 / Jillian Steinhauer

Bless This Mess

Bless This Mess Bless This Mess

Domestic disruptions in Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go Bernadette and other recent films.

Sep 11, 2019 / Stuart Klawans

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

President Trump vs. an Asteroid President Trump vs. an Asteroid

 
Good thing there’s nothing more important going on we should all be paying attention to.

Sep 10, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Everyone Is Acting as if We’re Not Temporary, and I Am Falling Apart in the Privacy of My Own Home

Everyone Is Acting as if We’re Not Temporary, and I Am Falling Apart in the Privacy of My Own Home Everyone Is Acting as if We’re Not Temporary, and I Am Falling Apart in the Privacy of My Own Home

When he said, Sometimes we learn the most from losing, I think how often I’ve been bamboozled by life, how I’ve dropped a quarter in a slot machine and instead of cherries got coff…

Sep 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kelli Russell Agodon

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Sep 10, 2019 / Jen Sorensen

Ileana Cabra’s Music for a Revolution

Ileana Cabra’s Music for a Revolution Ileana Cabra’s Music for a Revolution

Her new album channels the spirit of Puerto Rico’s activists.

Sep 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez

Naomi Klein Knows a Green New Deal Is Our Only Hope Against Climate Catastrophe

Naomi Klein Knows a Green New Deal Is Our Only Hope Against Climate Catastrophe Naomi Klein Knows a Green New Deal Is Our Only Hope Against Climate Catastrophe

In her new book, Klein argues that our current crisis cannot be separated from a long history and brutal present of human exploitation.

Sep 10, 2019 / Q&A / Lynne Feeley

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