What Happened to Peter Handke? What Happened to Peter Handke?
How an artist obsessed with interiority and language become a literary pariah.
Jul 26, 2023 / Books & the Arts / David Schurman Wallace
Chicago’s Labor Movement Is Looking Very Queer These Days Chicago’s Labor Movement Is Looking Very Queer These Days
Queer people across the Windy City are unionizing and demanding better rights at work.
Jul 26, 2023 / Adam M. Rhodes
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