Spain’s Left Has Pulled Off a Stunning Electoral Comeback Spain’s Left Has Pulled Off a Stunning Electoral Comeback
Weeks after being routed in local elections, the left staved off a widely predicted general election triumph by the right. Now comes the really hard part: forming a government.
Jul 26, 2023 / Bécquer Seguín and Sebastiaan Faber
SAG-AFTRA Can Agree on One Thing: It’s Time to Crush the Big Studios SAG-AFTRA Can Agree on One Thing: It’s Time to Crush the Big Studios
How do you bring a woefully divided union together? You go on strike.
Jul 26, 2023 / Piper French
Free School Lunches Kept Millions of Kids Fed During the Pandemic. Why Stop Now? Free School Lunches Kept Millions of Kids Fed During the Pandemic. Why Stop Now?
In North Carolina, the ending of the Covid-era federal meals program devastated low-income communities–and legislators have been slow to face the crisis.
Jul 26, 2023 / StudentNation / Peggy Chen
The Hauntings of the Korean War: On the 70th Anniversary of the Armistice The Hauntings of the Korean War: On the 70th Anniversary of the Armistice
North and South Korea have been in a state of permanent war for decades, and the psychic toll stretches across oceans and generations.
Jul 26, 2023 / Grace M. Cho
Behind the Right’s Frenzied Defense of Florida’s Slavery Curriculum Behind the Right’s Frenzied Defense of Florida’s Slavery Curriculum
DeSantis and Fox blowhards are howling at critics who deny the enslaved got “personal benefit” from slavery. A hit dog will holler.
Jul 25, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Kevin McCarthy’s Latest Hostage Crisis Kevin McCarthy’s Latest Hostage Crisis
Kevin, blink twice if you need help.
Jul 25, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Tommy the Tuber From Tuberville Tommy the Tuber From Tuberville
The adventures of a well-known dick-tater.
Jul 25, 2023 / OppArt / Steve Brodner
The Brave, Often Lonely Fight of Trans Lawmakers in State Legislatures The Brave, Often Lonely Fight of Trans Lawmakers in State Legislatures
Trans and nonbinary people are running for office in record numbers, beginning their careers just as their Republican colleagues are launching an assault on trans rights.
Jul 25, 2023 / Feature / Amy Littlefield
The Psychic Theater of Boots Riley The Psychic Theater of Boots Riley
Absurdist, darkly funny, I’m a Virgo tells a story of first love, capitalism’s surreal excesses, the contradictions of Black life, and how much politics a work of art can bear.
Jul 25, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte