Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Imagination Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Imagination
What can we learn from the novelist’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale?
Mar 31, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Katherine Hill
As the Covid-19 Crisis Deepens, Grassroots Organizers Take Action As the Covid-19 Crisis Deepens, Grassroots Organizers Take Action
Progressive ideas on housing, health care access, wage subsidies, and more are entering the mainstream at a startling pace.
Mar 31, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Now Is Not the Time to Start an Arms Race Now Is Not the Time to Start an Arms Race
As the coronavirus spreads, Congress still has to review the Pentagon’s defense budget request.
Mar 31, 2020 / Michael T. Klare
Our Public Servants Maintain Normalcy by Being Regular Incompetent Our Public Servants Maintain Normalcy by Being Regular Incompetent
Coronavirus’s impact on American lives deepens.
Mar 31, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
It’s Time to Stop Our Wasteful Military Spending It’s Time to Stop Our Wasteful Military Spending
If ever there was a time to reduce our massive and unnecessary military spending, this is it.
Mar 31, 2020 / William Astore
Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess
The governor’s position on health care spending looked starkly different a couple of months ago.
Mar 30, 2020 / Ross Barkan
All the President’s Crackpots All the President’s Crackpots
Richard A. Epstein’s crank theories about the coronavirus are influential thanks to a powerful network of right-wing legal activists.
Mar 30, 2020 / Jeet Heer
As the Coronavirus Pandemic Spreads, Gun Sales Soar As the Coronavirus Pandemic Spreads, Gun Sales Soar
“Coming storm”: In the United States, gun violence is already a public health epidemic.
Mar 30, 2020 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn
Out From Under ‘the Economy’ Out From Under ‘the Economy’
Covid-19 proves we can’t conflate the market’s health with workers’ well-being.
Mar 30, 2020 / Sheetal Chhabria and Aparna Gopalan
The Strange and Often Radical Pursuit of Immortality in Russia The Strange and Often Radical Pursuit of Immortality in Russia
A new book looks at the history of a century-long movement to create life after death.
Mar 30, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham