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Transatlantic Tragedy: “Grenfell” Moves from Britain’s National Theatre to a Brooklyn Stage

Transatlantic Tragedy: “Grenfell” Moves from Britain’s National Theatre to a Brooklyn Stage Transatlantic Tragedy: “Grenfell” Moves from Britain’s National Theatre to a Brooklyn Stage

An interview with Gillian Slovo, whose new play about the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire in London just opened in New York.

Apr 12, 2024 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

Trump Carrier Factory

Republicans Are No Friends to Working People Republicans Are No Friends to Working People

If you work for a living, or if you know and love people who do, there’s a lot on the line in this year’s election.

Apr 12, 2024 / Rebecca Gordon

How Capitalism Disordered Our Eating

How Capitalism Disordered Our Eating How Capitalism Disordered Our Eating

From Weight Watchers to Ozempic, big business profits off eating disorders and their treatments.

Apr 12, 2024 / Emmeline Clein

O.J. Simpson at his 1995 trial

O.J. Simpson Was a Rorschach Test for America O.J. Simpson Was a Rorschach Test for America

Society / April 11, 2024 O.J. Simpson Was a Rorschach Test for America Most people saw the Hall of Fame running back not as a person but as symbol for what was wrong with the c…

Apr 11, 2024 / Dave Zirin

Looking Back at 75 Years of NATO

Looking Back at 75 Years of NATO Looking Back at 75 Years of NATO

In this panel discussion, three experts discuss how NATO morphed into a global linchpin of instability and a failed vehicle of US power projection.

Apr 11, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Israeli Jews and Palestinians Standing Together

Israeli Jews and Palestinians Standing Together Israeli Jews and Palestinians Standing Together

Interview / April 11, 2024 Israeli Jews and Palestinians Standing Together A conversation about the biggest Jewish-Palestinian grassroots group in Israel. Jon Wiener Share Face…

Apr 11, 2024 / Q&A / Jon Wiener

Arizona Republican Representative Travis Grantham looks over documents at the state capitol, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Phoenix.

Voters Don’t Want 19th-Century Abortion Laws Voters Don’t Want 19th-Century Abortion Laws

Arizona’s Supreme Court ruling reinstating a draconian abortion ban puts Republicans at odds with the American public.

Apr 11, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky

Bishop William J. Barber II speaks onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative September 2023 Meeting at New York Hilton Midtown on September 19, 2023, in New York City.

The Rev. Barber and Other Faith Leaders Issue a Bold Call to Reject Christian Nationalism The Rev. Barber and Other Faith Leaders Issue a Bold Call to Reject Christian Nationalism

The Rev. Dr. William Barber II and allies reject “divisive cultural wedge issues” in favor of “a public theology that is good news for all people.”

Apr 11, 2024 / John Nichols

Julian Assange in police vehicle

End the Persecution of Julian Assange End the Persecution of Julian Assange

The fifth anniversary of Assange’s imprisonment would be a good day for the Biden administration to end this sordid saga—before it ends the First Amendment.

Apr 11, 2024 / Chip Gibbons

A sign against hate outside a home in Wilmington, North Carolina, on February 22, 2024. Democrats are targeting small towns in a swing state they haven’t won since Barack Obama’s 2008 bid.

Democrats Have Backed Off of the Culture War. Why Isn’t It Making a Difference? Democrats Have Backed Off of the Culture War. Why Isn’t It Making a Difference?

Only a strong economic message can restore the party’s credibility with the working class.

Apr 11, 2024 / Isaac Rabbani

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