Make Thanksgiving Radical Again Make Thanksgiving Radical Again
The holiday’s real roots lie in abolition, liberation, and anti-racism. Let’s reconnect to that legacy.
Nov 27, 2025 / Kali Holloway
For Voters in Kentucky, Trump Is Losing His Luster For Voters in Kentucky, Trump Is Losing His Luster
In Martin County, the government shutdown and attacks on food stamps have exposed Donald Trump’s empty promises. To many, that makes him just another politician.
Nov 27, 2025 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton
A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America
How did we get to a moment when a president could order the serial killing of civilians, publicly share videos of the crimes, and find that the response is little more than a shru...
Nov 26, 2025 / Greg Grandin
The Pilgrims Were Doomsday Cultists The Pilgrims Were Doomsday Cultists
The settlers who arrived in Plymouth were not escaping religious persecution. They left on the Mayflower to establish a theocracy in the Americas.
Nov 26, 2025 / Jane Borden
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
Nov 26, 2025 / Rebecca Cokley
The Inexplicable Logic of Contact Sports The Inexplicable Logic of Contact Sports
In The Season, Helen Garner considers the zeal and irrationality of fandom and her country’s favorite pastime, Australian rules football.
Nov 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Mikaela Dery
Why Did So Many People in Epstein’s Circle Look the Other Way? Why Did So Many People in Epstein’s Circle Look the Other Way?
First of all, in order to ask questions about the young women he preyed on, they’d need to see them as people.
Nov 25, 2025 / Katha Pollitt
The Nuzzi Seizure of Power The Nuzzi Seizure of Power
The journalist’s rise and fall and rise again looks like a performance of tabloid drama. But really, it’s Beltway access reporting taken to its natural extreme.
Nov 25, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Crackdown How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Crackdown
“Operation Charlotte’s Web” may mobilize North Carolina’s working-class Latino members and allies to shift the political balance of power at the local, state, and national levels....
Nov 25, 2025 / Chris Kromm