Why the Right Embraces Military-Veteran Vigilantes Why the Right Embraces Military-Veteran Vigilantes
The right is often misconstrued as anti-war. In reality, it wants to wage its war on American soil—against people whose Americanness it won’t recognize.
May 19, 2023 / Spencer Ackerman
The Man Who Called Breonna Taylor’s Killing “Justified” Could Be Kentucky’s Next Governor The Man Who Called Breonna Taylor’s Killing “Justified” Could Be Kentucky’s Next Governor
Attorney General Daniel Cameron sided with the police after Taylor’s death. Now, he’s the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee.
May 18, 2023 / John Nichols
What You’re Voting For What You’re Voting For
Grab him by the election.
May 18, 2023 / OppArt / Clay Bennett
Notes of a Russian Visitor Notes of a Russian Visitor
The director of PEN Moscow is worried about Russophobia.
May 18, 2023 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Will Almost Certainly Be a Black Woman Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Will Almost Certainly Be a Black Woman
Yet, for all her claims to history, primary winner Cherelle Parker was the status quo candidate in a city where the status quo is badly broken.
May 18, 2023 / Gene Seymour
More “Dangerous Nonsense” From “The New York Times” on the Debt Ceiling More “Dangerous Nonsense” From “The New York Times” on the Debt Ceiling
There are multiple legal pathways to resolve the current debt “crisis.” Having the president and House speaker agree on spending cuts to programs already approved by Congress is no...
May 18, 2023 / James K. Galbraith
How the US Military’s Fertility Policies Are Leaving Women to Suffer How the US Military’s Fertility Policies Are Leaving Women to Suffer
Antiquated and discriminatory rules around fertility treatments are making the struggle to have a child immeasurably more difficult for many military families.
May 18, 2023 / Britta Lokting
The Indulgences of Rainer Werner Fassbinder The Indulgences of Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Ian Penman’s study of the German filmmaker’s work elucidates his “cocaine communism”—an aesthetics and politics of revolution and pleasure.
May 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Marzoni
How Medicare Advantage Could Kill Medicare How Medicare Advantage Could Kill Medicare
Once corporations privatize every inch of the public provision of health care, we may never get Medicare back.
May 17, 2023 / Ady Barkan
“America’s Mayor” Is a Certified Creep “America’s Mayor” Is a Certified Creep
In the latest installment of a decades-long fall from grace, Rudy Giuliani faces a lawsuit from a former employee alleging sexual harassment and assault.
May 17, 2023 / Chris Lehmann