When the Republicans Really Were the Party of Lincoln When the Republicans Really Were the Party of Lincoln
What happened to the party that fifty years ago played such a vital role in passing the Civil Rights Act?
Jul 2, 2014 / John Nichols
On Israel-Palestine and BDS On Israel-Palestine and BDS
Those dedicated to the Palestinian cause should think carefully about the tactics they choose.
Jul 2, 2014 / Feature / Noam Chomsky
The Real Reason Pot Is Still Illegal The Real Reason Pot Is Still Illegal
Opponents of marijuana-law reform insist that legalization is dangerous—but the biggest threat is to their own bottom line.
How the Moral Mondays ‘Fusion Coalition’ Is Taking North Carolina Back How the Moral Mondays ‘Fusion Coalition’ Is Taking North Carolina Back
The state’s rightward lurch mobilized thousands, but the progressive movement behind Moral Mondays has deep, enduring roots.
Jul 2, 2014 / Feature / Dani McClain
Endgame? Endgame?
How the rhetoric of ecoetiquette muddies writing about global warming.
Jul 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Nadifa Mohamed’s The Orchard of Lost Souls is a haunting and powerful novel.
Jul 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
The Birth of Bad Taste The Birth of Bad Taste
Why Italian Mannerists like Rosso Fiorentino were painting’s first avant-garde.
Jul 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Walking Stick Walking Stick
We didn’t protest. It’s not like you’re going to get anything from anybody. They don’t have it either. And the new system moved pretty quick— I had found a feral walking stick stripped from a tree by a new June shower nursing trumpets of crumbled lilac & held her scarlet eye on the outpatient pharmacy line— If the breadth of the difficulty rejects one ardent name I may still call the hour a phasmid or phantom freely stealing my heart from the other needs that burn it.
Jul 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joel Felix
Sweeter Than the Sweet Sweeter Than the Sweet
For the Staple Singers and Stax Records, political engagement flowed from an artistic renaissance.
Jul 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Cohen
Letters Letters
Saving the venerable NYPL… cooperation, not capitalism… a jewel in the dross… you could look it up…
Jul 1, 2014 / Our Readers and Ange Mlinko