What’s at Stake in the UAW Strike
With so much riding on the outcome, it's time for labor and its supporters—from the White House to the grass roots—to play for keeps.
Print Magazine
October 16/23, 2023, Issue
Cover art by: Lily Qian
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Editorial
Progressives Must Step Into Biden’s Vision Vacuum
In the absence of a serious insurgent challenger for the presidency, we must mobilize independently.
50 Years Ago, My Family Fled Chile. This Year, I Returned.
I went to Chile for the anniversary of the 1973 coup to trace the country's painful history—and my own.
Stop Arguing Over Elite Schools. Just Make Public Colleges Free.
College tuition and fees have metastasized, hitting an average of nearly $11,000 a year for in-state students who attend public four-year institutions.
Americans Have Already Lived Through a Shutdown
While Republicans threaten to bring the government to a halt, Democrats are caving in to the austerity measures they demand.
Column
What It Takes to Win Trump’s Voters
The GOP may have a diverse crop of primary candidates this election, but they all know that to win they need to appeal to racially resentful white voters.
The 9/11 Museum Is an Atrocity Exhibition
These New Yorkers want to transform the September 11 museum, but can it be anything other than a purveyor of War on Terror propaganda?
Feature
Senator Menendez Is Just the Latest Sucker to Fall for Fool’s Gold
While most celebrity goldbugs are on the far right—Steve Bannon, Glenn Beck, Candace Owens, Ron Paul…—Democrats are not immune from the strange charms of this economic delusion.
Supreme Court Preview: This Term, It Can Always Get Worse
With the liberals thoroughly outmatched, the upcoming term will not be a battle between right and left—it will be a battle between shades of extremism.
What My Infant Son Taught Me About Caring for My Patients in the ICU
Like my patients, he was on life support—but from my body rather than machines.
Books & the Arts
Teju Cole and the Forking Paths of Autofiction
Books & the Arts / October 16/23, 2023, Issue In Tremor, the novelist and critic explores the limits of storytelling itself. Tope Folarin Share Facebook Twitter Email Flipboard Pocket Illustration by Julie Benbassat. This article appears in th… Read More
Naomi Klein’s Quest to Understand Her Double
In her new book, a case of mistaken identity reveals how life online and off has become more and more polarized.
Liberties: A Magazine in Revolt Against the New
Tolerance, rigor, open-mindedness, and a willingness to countenance doubt and contradiction apparently are all values the magazine champions in theory but tends to ignore in practice.
David Klion
Iman Mersal’s Lost Cairo
In Threshold, the poet revisits a city that transformed her and a generation of radical artists and intellectuals.
Subscribers Only No Scrubs
What Can We Learn From the History of Utopianism?
Books & the Arts / October 16/23, 2023, Issue In Everyday Utopias, Kristen Ghodsee looks for a usable past in order to explore the possibilities of a utopian future. Emily Raboteau Share Facebook Twitter Email Flipboard Pocket… Read More
The Ghosts of Lorrie Moore
An enigmatic new novel retells a disorienting story about death, love, the Civil War, and everything in-between.
