The 2020 Games Are Postponed, but Should the Olympics Even Happen at All Anymore? The 2020 Games Are Postponed, but Should the Olympics Even Happen at All Anymore?
In the best of times, they bring debt, displacement, pollution, and hyper militarization. In the worst, they are a shocking waste of resources in the name of nationalistic fervor.
Mar 24, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
The Coronavirus’s Threat to Democracy Itself The Coronavirus’s Threat to Democracy Itself
Time to enact vote-by-mail.
Mar 24, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Take Action Now: Keep Each Other Safe Take Action Now: Keep Each Other Safe
Fight for fair elections amid the pandemic, support immigrant families, and build mutual aid networks.
Mar 24, 2020 / NationAction
Reliefer Reliefer
Jared Kushner steps in to fix White House’s chaotic response to the pandemic.—News reports He’s tasked with devising a Middle East peace, Has other portfolios equally grand. So w…
Mar 24, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue
The rest is commentary…
Mar 24, 2020 / Susie Linfield and Joshua Leifer
Carbon Copies Carbon Copies
1- Cattle in the agriculture of a self besieged by the deceit of payback as insurance against extinction. There are other ways. Everything in moderation. The middle path comes afte…
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Fady Joudah
The Virtues The Virtues
To practice the virtues, you’ll need to ask What a virtuous person would do in a situation Like this one, here in the health-food restaurant, After witnessing the young father, two…
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Carl Dennis
The Young Lords’ Revolution The Young Lords’ Revolution
A new book looks at the history of the Afro-Latinx radical activist group and how their influence continues to be felt.
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales
How Films Were Made in Cold War Hollywood How Films Were Made in Cold War Hollywood
Lillian Ross’s Picture traces the ways in which the Red Scare shaped a generation’s creative and professional compromises.
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Max Nelson