People With Disabilities Aren’t Entitled to the Minimum Wage People With Disabilities Aren’t Entitled to the Minimum Wage
Antiquated labor laws treat people with disabilities as second-tier employees.
Sep 7, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Antoine Volodine’s Army of Avatars Antoine Volodine’s Army of Avatars
Is there any other writer whose work is as strange and hermetic and gloriously, painfully appropriate to the unparalleled shittiness of our times?
Sep 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich
Teachers Are Working for Uber Just to Keep a Foothold in the Middle Class Teachers Are Working for Uber Just to Keep a Foothold in the Middle Class
For the ride-share company, teacher/drivers are both a marketing coup and an exploitable labor force.
Sep 7, 2016 / Feature / Alissa Quart
Several Types of William Empson Several Types of William Empson
A lost study of Buddhist art reveals a hidden side of a great literary critic.
Sep 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Chenxin Jiang
Can the Democrats Win Back White Working-Class Voters? Can the Democrats Win Back White Working-Class Voters?
Maybe—but first we need to understand why they left the party.
Sep 6, 2016 / Feature / Joan Walsh
Actually, Not All White Working-Class Voters Are Conservative Actually, Not All White Working-Class Voters Are Conservative
A lot of working-class whites vote Democrat—and they are vital members of any progressive coalition.
Sep 6, 2016 / Steve Phillips
What Phyllis Schlafly Might Have Been, if It Weren’t for Women Like Phyllis Schlafly What Phyllis Schlafly Might Have Been, if It Weren’t for Women Like Phyllis Schlafly
The great defender of traditional domesticity was a whirling dervish of professional activity.
Sep 6, 2016 / Katha Pollitt
The Heroes Behind Obama’s Historic Announcement in Laos The Heroes Behind Obama’s Historic Announcement in Laos
The United States will devote $90 million to finding and disposing of 50-year-old unexploded bombs.
Sep 6, 2016 / John Cavanagh
What the 21st Century Has Done to Our News What the 21st Century Has Done to Our News
Thanks, Twitter.
Sep 6, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
How Many Missions Has the US Military Carried Out in Africa? No One Knows For Sure. How Many Missions Has the US Military Carried Out in Africa? No One Knows For Sure.
The military continues to downplay its numbers in Africa while US taxpayers cover the rising costs.
Sep 6, 2016 / Nick Turse