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Get Ready for the Anti-Sanders Media Avalanche Get Ready for the Anti-Sanders Media Avalanche
Bernie Sander’s political rivals will target him. The question is whether cable-news contributors and other pundits pile on or act as a reality check.
Feb 25, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Middle East Piece Middle East Piece
The US plan undermines Palestinians’ future.
Feb 25, 2020 / OppArt / Mohammad Sabaaneh
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How Medical Negligence at the US Border Killed an Immigrant Father How Medical Negligence at the US Border Killed an Immigrant Father
Nebane Abienwi fled a civil conflict in Cameroon. Once in the US, it was shoddy medical care that killed him.
Feb 25, 2020 / Joe Penney
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Traitor, Scourge, Prophet: Larry Kramer’s Acerbic Alternate History Traitor, Scourge, Prophet: Larry Kramer’s Acerbic Alternate History
His two-volume novel, The American People, is a nearly 1,700-page phantasmagoria that reimagines the nation’s history as a sordid queer saga, climaxing with the AIDS crisis.
Feb 25, 2020 / Jeremy Lybarger
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These Are the 7 Most Important Races for Progressives These Are the 7 Most Important Races for Progressives
Here are the best opportunities for the left to seize seats from establishment Democrats.
Feb 25, 2020 / Luke Kastel
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The Coronavirus Could Be the Black Swan of 2020 The Coronavirus Could Be the Black Swan of 2020
The wheels could come off the global economy—and if they do, Trump will double down on racism, xenophobia, and the politics of fear.
Feb 25, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
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Trump Has Lifted the Mask From Our Empty Political Traditions Trump Has Lifted the Mask From Our Empty Political Traditions
His naked callousness has shown plainly that these rituals sometimes reveal the nonsense they’re meant to cover up.
Feb 25, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich
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Hong Kong Is Still Waiting for Its Feminist Uprising Hong Kong Is Still Waiting for Its Feminist Uprising
Women and girls in the ongoing protest movement are up against a deeply unequal society.
Feb 25, 2020 / Jessie Lau
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The Sanders Campaign Goes Beyond Intersectionality The Sanders Campaign Goes Beyond Intersectionality
Delivering real change in peoples’ lives requires us to reject the monopoly that corporate-backed and university-based social movements hold over what counts as justice.
Feb 24, 2020 / Joanna Wuest
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What Comes After the Nuclear Family? What Comes After the Nuclear Family?
Progressives need to articulate a new philosophy of family life.
Feb 24, 2020 / Nicole Sussner Rodgers