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March 2024 Issue
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Editorial
The Message From Michigan Couldn’t Be More Clear
With "Uncommitted" taking over 100,000 votes in Michigan and nearly 20 percent in Minnesota's Democratic primary, President Biden must listen—and change course on Israel and Gaza.
Shawn Fain: “Trump Doesn’t Give a Damn About Working-Class People”
An exclusive interview with the UAW president.
It’s Time to Compost the Prison Plantation
How agriculture is used to make mass incarceration seem humanitarian.
Taking Aaron Bushnell at His Word (and Deed)
The airman who set himself alight on Sunday signed up to sacrifice himself for the greater good—only to discover that he had become an accomplice to evil.
I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’t
From the lobby, I watched neo-Nazis and other far-right figures waltz unimpeded into the Conservative Political Action Conference.
The Movement for Palestine Takes Over MoMA
Hundreds of protesters occupied the storied museum in a reminder that the art world cannot evade its political and moral responsibilities.
Will the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Turn Trumpism Into a Governing Agenda?
Be scared, be very scared.
11 Arguments for Open Borders
A world not divided by militarized borders would help form a world where sustainability and justice take precedence over extraction and exploitation.
Column
Requiem for the Biden of the Afghanistan Withdrawal
The brightest moment in the president’s foreign policy feels like light from a dead star. The Biden of that moment would stop aiding Israeli war crimes.
Why I’m Voting for the Enemy
The left needs to challenge Biden, especially on US involvement in Gaza. But to do that, we need to keep him in office.
The Risks of Dementia in the House, the Senate—and the White House
Biden’s occasional slips, like Trump’s off-topic rambling, are likely the result of normal aging, not Alzheimers. But dementia in high places is definitely worth worrying about.
Letters
Feature
The Search for Special Case–Baby 1
Who was buried in the lonely grave in New York’s potter’s field? The year-long search led to a lost world in the history of AIDS.
What Was Palestine Before the Nakba?
A stunning photo archive reveals a time before the walls and checkpoints, when Palestine was not defined by its ailments but by its industries and cultures
Can Nevada Democrats Beat the Odds?
By most measures, Nevada is a blue state. But Democrats could be placing a risky bet there this November.
The Tragedy and Tenacity of Public Housing in America
A cartoon report on the only policy proven to actually address the housing shortage—and how racism, inept management, and systematic disinvestment led to long-term decline.
The Many Faces of Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Vietnamese American writer’s leap to the mainstream comes at a moment that demands his anti-colonialist perspective.
Books & the Arts
Who Is In Charge in the Biden White House?
In The Last Politician, Franklin Foer offers a portrait of an administration at odds with itself.
Lucy Sante and the Solitude and Solidarity of Transitioning
In her new memoir, I Heard Her Call My Name, Sante dissects her past in order to understand her future.
The Genius of Nuri Bilge Ceylan
About Dry Grasses is long, dense, elliptical—and brilliant.
The Unanswered Questions of “True Detective”
Like a Raymond Chandler detective story, Night Country ultimately wants to turn its audience’s attention away from the mysteries of the dead toward those of the living.
