The Politics of Joy The Politics of Joy
Just because last weekend’s surge of solidarity and celebration can’t last doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter.
Nov 14, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
Tweaking the NFL’s Rooney Rule Is Not Enough Tweaking the NFL’s Rooney Rule Is Not Enough
Unless players and fans confront the NFL’s racist hiring practices, the league will never change.
Nov 13, 2020 / Dave Zirin
Where’s Plan B? Where’s Plan B?
Keeping your head. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of November 9.
Nov 13, 2020 / Steve Brodner
Donald Trump Has Never Understood the Military—and He’s Not Going to Be Able to Co-opt It for a Coup Donald Trump Has Never Understood the Military—and He’s Not Going to Be Able to Co-opt It for a Coup
He can consolidate power in the Pentagon, but the military men and women I know aren’t going to subvert democracy.
Nov 13, 2020 / Andrew McCormick
The Trump-Shaped Stain on American Life The Trump-Shaped Stain on American Life
From the courts to the border to the meaning of truth, damage has been done.
Nov 13, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
‘We Won’t Quit Until We Stop It’ ‘We Won’t Quit Until We Stop It’
Despite the pandemic, US-backed ravaging of Okinawa continues. So does the people’s direct action.
Nov 12, 2020 / C. Douglas Lummis
A Plea From Federal Death Row: ‘We Need You to Raise Your Voices’ A Plea From Federal Death Row: ‘We Need You to Raise Your Voices’
As the Trump administration rushes to execute more and more people, my friends are dying—and I might be next.
Nov 12, 2020 / Billie Allen
Jack Halberstam’s Call of the Wild Jack Halberstam’s Call of the Wild
In an interview, the radical social thinker says the idea of “the wild” can help us dismantle our unjust world.
Nov 12, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina
The Affordable Care Act May Live to Die Another Day The Affordable Care Act May Live to Die Another Day
The oral arguments for the latest challenge to the ACA, played out before an ultraconservative Supreme Court, appeared to go about as well as anyone could have hoped.
Nov 11, 2020 / Elie Mystal
CoVIDA- Homage to Victims of the Pandemic CoVIDA- Homage to Victims of the Pandemic
A public art piece on view at Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City, through December 31, 2020. CoVIDA combines the words “Covid” with “vida” (“life” in Spanish).
Nov 11, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo