Working Hard for the American Dream Working Hard for the American Dream
Latin American vendors, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York.
Sep 13, 2023 / OppArt / Harry Mena
What Can True Crime Offer Us? What Can True Crime Offer Us?
Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions for You tries to understand popular culture's fixation on two lurid things: podcasts and murders.
Sep 13, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Bekah Waalkes
Regret for the War on Terror Is Not the Same as Remorse Regret for the War on Terror Is Not the Same as Remorse
For the White House, the Pentagon, and Congress, the War on Terror offered a political license to kill and displace people on a large scale.
Sep 13, 2023 / Norman Solomon
Don’t Listen to Eric Adams. Immigrants Make New York City. Don’t Listen to Eric Adams. Immigrants Make New York City.
New York City needs immigrants, writes the city’s comptroller. Look at the numbers: The city lost more than 400,000 residents between 2020 and 2022.
Sep 13, 2023 / Brad Lander
What Will It Take to Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis? What Will It Take to Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis?
Almost 12 percent of high school–age youth experience severe major depression. The root causes of the problem are rarely confronted.
Sep 13, 2023 / StudentNation / Eshaan Mani
The “Parental Rights” Fanatics Have Descended on LA The “Parental Rights” Fanatics Have Descended on LA
I’m a public school parent. I shouldn’t have to spend my time fighting these violent, bigoted extremists.
Sep 12, 2023 / Daisy Gardner
How Georgia Indicted a Movement How Georgia Indicted a Movement
The state’s prosecution of Stop Cop City protesters is astonishingly honest in its ambitions to crush Georgia’s left.
Sep 12, 2023 / Zohra Ahmed and Elizabeth Taxel
First Amendment, Amendment? First Amendment, Amendment?
Bite your tongue!
Sep 12, 2023 / OppArt / Peter O. Zierlein
“Stats Bros” Are Sucking the Life Out of Politics “Stats Bros” Are Sucking the Life Out of Politics
In their attempt to serve as objective purveyors of fact and reason, Steve Kornacki, Nate Silver, and other data nerds are misleading the left-liberal electorate.
Sep 12, 2023 / Leif Weatherby
As Long as We Use Drones, Celebrating “American Values” Is a Farce As Long as We Use Drones, Celebrating “American Values” Is a Farce
After decades of asymmetrical warfare, Americans have lost touch with the humanity of civilians forced to endure the extreme violence of our “mistakes.”
Sep 12, 2023 / Maha Hilal