Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files? Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files?
Just because the mainstream media decided to ignore them doesn’t mean the files aren’t newsworthy—or important.
Dec 20, 2022 / Ross Barkan
Michael Cimino, a Chaotic Auteur Michael Cimino, a Chaotic Auteur
A new biography examines the work of a flamboyant director who placed himself at the center of his own private Hollywood cosmology.
Dec 20, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Adam Nayman
DOJ Lawyers Are Cowards if They Don’t Indict Trump DOJ Lawyers Are Cowards if They Don’t Indict Trump
The January 6 committee gave Merrick Garland's Department of Justice more than enough to charge Donald Trump.
Dec 19, 2022 / Elie Mystal
A Gift Guide for the Whole Planet A Gift Guide for the Whole Planet
With accelerating climate change, threats against abortion rights, and need everywhere, you can make a difference by giving.
Dec 19, 2022 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Citizen Musk Citizen Musk
The rise and fall of a would-be media tycoon.
Dec 19, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Democrats Could Have Won the House if They’d Had Their Act Together Democrats Could Have Won the House if They’d Had Their Act Together
The party didn't lose the House by a lot. It lost by a little.
Dec 19, 2022 / John Nichols
Defense Contractors Are Escorting Us Down the Path to Armageddon Defense Contractors Are Escorting Us Down the Path to Armageddon
It’s hard to think of a system more filthy or rotten than one that threatens to destroy most life on our planet, so that this country could in some fashion “win” World War III.
Dec 19, 2022 / William Astore
Against Climate Optimism—Because “Team Normal” Won’t Save the World Against Climate Optimism—Because “Team Normal” Won’t Save the World
Some of us refuse to go along with a mainstream climate movement that settles for genocide.
Dec 19, 2022 / Wen Stephenson
Beyond Zombie Figuration Beyond Zombie Figuration
The craze for figurative painting might be at an impasse. These three painters stand above the pack, making work that challenges the very idea of the form.
Dec 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky