Let’s Stop Casually Comparing Donald Trump to Eugene Debs
Trump could, like Debs, wind up running for president from prison. But Debs was a socialist, a free speech champion, and a fearless organizer. Trump is no Eugene Debs.
John NicholsFiction
Cormac McCarthy’s Unforgiving Parables of American Empire
He demonstrated how the frontier wasn’t an incubator of democratic equality but a place of unrelenting pain, cruelty, and suffering.
Greg GrandinFine Art
The Unsettled Life and Art of Jimmie Durham
A retrospective in Naples magnifies the mystery of the conceptual artist’s work.
Barry SchwabskyPolitics
What Running on a Jobs Guarantee Could Mean for Democrats
Candidates hoping to win in 2024 should look to A. Philip Randolph, who knew an economy stuffed with good jobs would gain a political advantage.
Katie Rader and Carissa Guadron
William Spriggs Was the Economist Who Fought for the Entire Working Class
From his days as a graduate student union leader, he championed an intersectional vision of economic, social, and racial justice.
John Nichols
Texas Could Have Taken My Trans Child Away. Here’s What I Did to Protect Our Family.
Or, how to make a “safe folder.”
Karen KrajcerCulture
Arthur Russell’s Endless Reinventions
Since his death, his music has only become more influential and more mysterious.
David Hajdu
Paul Schrader’s Unlikely Optimism
Master Gardener seems designed to provoke. But in his late age, the filmmaker has settled into an earnest style, fixated on love and second chances.
Vikram Murthi
The Settler-Colonialist Alliance of India and Israel
Over the decades, the two nations have become closer allies in business and politics. We talked to journalist Azad Essa about the origins of this international relationship.
Deeksha UdupaWorld
Hope Is a Ghost Island: Guam After Typhoon Mawar
Three weeks ago, Mawar tore through the island of Guam, but her people are not waiting to be saved.
Julian Aguon
The Damage Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) Leaves Behind
The notorious tycoon and former Italian prime minister is gone, but his toxic legacy remains.
Niccolò Barca and Tommaso Grossi
The US Versus China
Continued failures to resolve fundamental differences over Taiwan could lead to war.
Michael T. Klare
Watch and Listen
Listen: Cornel West Should Not Be Running for President; Plus the GOP vs. Divorce
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Joan Walsh on politics, and Katha Pollitt on Republicans and women.
June 15, 2023
Listen: Pat Robertson’s Terrible Legacy
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Sarah Posner on a titan of the religious right.
June 14, 2023
Listen: The Far Right’s Takeover of Shasta County, Plus the Enslaved Black Family
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Sasha Abramsky reports on politics, and Brenda Stevenson talks about history.
June 8, 2023
Nation Voices
