What Would an Open-Borders World Actually Look Like? What Would an Open-Borders World Actually Look Like?
Borders have turned the American Southwest, the Mediterranean, and countless other areas of our world into unnecessary graveyards for migrants. It’s time for a new way.
Apr 24, 2019 / John Washington
Music’s Shift From Analog to Digital Changed Everything Music’s Shift From Analog to Digital Changed Everything
Damon Krukowski’s new book is critique of capitalism disguised as a meditation on playback technology.
Apr 24, 2019 / Q&A / Sasha Geffen
Today Is Denim Day, in Solidarity With Survivors of Sexual Assault Today Is Denim Day, in Solidarity With Survivors of Sexual Assault
Denim Day began after a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court in which a rape conviction was overturned because the justices blamed the victim for wearing tight jeans.
Apr 24, 2019 / OppArt / Melinda K.P. Stees
The Palestine Marathon The Palestine Marathon
As a journalist runs through Palestine, she reflects on her own freedom of movement—a right denied to the very people who live there.
Apr 23, 2019 / Jen Marlowe
Democrats Should Tread Carefully on Impeaching Trump Democrats Should Tread Carefully on Impeaching Trump
Democrats would be wise to tread carefully on impeachment.
Apr 23, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
I Was Bernie’s Biggest Critic in 2016—I’ve Changed My Mind I Was Bernie’s Biggest Critic in 2016—I’ve Changed My Mind
Bernie Sanders can beat Donald Trump—and it would be an epic act of self-destruction for Democrats to try to hobble his campaign.
Apr 23, 2019 / Peter Daou
Sri Lanka’s Easter Attacks Were Intended to Incite Violence Sri Lanka’s Easter Attacks Were Intended to Incite Violence
After 10 years of uneasy peace, many fear the bombings will push Sri Lanka into a new era of bloodshed.
Apr 23, 2019 / Nawal Arjini
The Green New Deal Isn’t a Wish List—It’s Good Strategy The Green New Deal Isn’t a Wish List—It’s Good Strategy
Climate policies that explicitly advance both racial and economic justice will help build a broader, more popular movement.
Apr 23, 2019 / Guido Girgenti and Aru Shiney-Ajay
Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back. Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back.
Laid-off retail workers are demanding severance, labor protections—and an end to the Wall Street playbook of owning a company while hollowing it out.
Apr 23, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami
Her new novel, The Other Americans, looks at the life of an immigrant family in a small town in the Mojave.
Apr 23, 2019 / Nawal Arjini