This F#$%ing Decade This F#$%ing Decade
For years, media and political elites refused to acknowledge the growing racism and radicalism of the Republican party. Their “both-sidesism” led to Trump’s GOP takeover.
Dec 31, 2019 / Joan Walsh
We Need (Cross) Stitches We Need (Cross) Stitches
Winter wish.
Dec 31, 2019 / OppArt / Kathy M. Newman
France’s Undocumented Migrants Are Fighting for Their Rights France’s Undocumented Migrants Are Fighting for Their Rights
In the face of Macron’s intensified repression, the sans-papiers are marching in the streets and organizing in the workplace.
Dec 31, 2019 / Harrison Stetler
The Impeachment Deadlock Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize The Impeachment Deadlock Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize
The longer Senate Republicans block a fair Senate trial, the more Democrats can hammer home how the scandal implicates Trump’s defenders.
Dec 31, 2019 / Jeet Heer
This Was the Decade of Feminist Uprisings in Latin America This Was the Decade of Feminist Uprisings in Latin America
The “green wave” emerged in response to staggering rates of femicide, and then began mounting challenges to the highly restrictive abortion laws in the region.
Dec 31, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter
#MeToo Made Me Reconsider My Wartime Affair #MeToo Made Me Reconsider My Wartime Affair
Was it love? A search for validation and empowerment? Or was he taking advantage?
Dec 31, 2019 / Teresa Fazio
Bill Greider Showed Us What American Journalism Could Be Bill Greider Showed Us What American Journalism Could Be
Join me in raising a glass to a legend, my mentor and friend, a reporter who prized reality over false notions of “balance.” He will be missed.
Dec 31, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
The Global Garbage Economy Begins (and Ends) in This Senegalese Dump The Global Garbage Economy Begins (and Ends) in This Senegalese Dump
How Dakar’s trash depot became a battleground for Chinese industry, the World Bank, and Senegalese organized labor.
Dec 31, 2019 / Katie Jane Fernelius
10 of 2019’s Best Albums 10 of 2019’s Best Albums
The hybrid work of Julia Wolfe’s oratorio Fire in My Mouth, FKA twigs’s Magdalene, and Kris Davis’s Diatom Ribbons all showcase the experimental spirit of this year’s most exc...
Dec 30, 2019 / David Hajdu
A Real Basket Case A Real Basket Case
Gun culture is weaving itself into daily American life.
Dec 30, 2019 / OppArt / Jappie King Black