Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue
Suburban blight… Predatory financing… Dancing to AIPAC’s tune (web only)… A commitment to liberation (web only)…
Aug 8, 2023 / Our Readers
Walter Benjamin’s Radio Years Walter Benjamin’s Radio Years
After the faculty of philosophy in Frankfurt rejected his dissertation and dashed his hopes for an academic career, the Marxist critic found work as a radio broadcaster.
Aug 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
The Cost of Legalizing Abortion in Haiti The Cost of Legalizing Abortion in Haiti
Legalization may occur in June 2024, but advocates say the new penal code would undermine any actual progress if enacted unconstitutionally.
Aug 8, 2023 / Alma Beauvais
The Catholic Women Priests Fighting for Reproductive Justice The Catholic Women Priests Fighting for Reproductive Justice
The church forbids women to become priests, but RCWP-USA believes that they are aptly situated to minister on abortion and offer a new, progressive stance.
Aug 8, 2023 / StudentNation / Molly Morrow
We Can Ensure Parents, Children, and Birth Workers Thrive We Can Ensure Parents, Children, and Birth Workers Thrive
The "lactonomy" is rigged against us, but there are public health measures we can take to fix it.
Aug 7, 2023 / Latona Giwa
Fueling Forest Fires Fueling Forest Fires
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Aug 7, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The Small-Town Library That Became a Culture War Battleground The Small-Town Library That Became a Culture War Battleground
Throughout the country, far-right groups are trying to control what books kids can read. In Dayton, Wash., they tried to shut down the library altogether.
Aug 7, 2023 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
The Real Agenda of Moms for Liberty The Real Agenda of Moms for Liberty
As Republicans pay the political price for overturning legal abortion, they’re banking on “parents’ rights” as a way to paint their opponents as extreme.
Aug 7, 2023 / Feature / Amy Littlefield
Brandon Taylor’s Sweeping Novel of Class and Campuses Brandon Taylor’s Sweeping Novel of Class and Campuses
The Late Americans works the way that university towns do. People move in, move out, move on—not everyone gets to meet, but everyone temporarily occupies the same spaces.
Aug 7, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Chihaya
“Sound of Freedom” Is a QAnon Fever Dream “Sound of Freedom” Is a QAnon Fever Dream
The third-biggest movie of the summer is an action thriller about child sex trafficking that eagerly caters to right-wing paranoia.
Aug 7, 2023 / Chris Lehmann