What Is Left of History? What Is Left of History?
Joan Scott’s On the Judgment of History asks us to imagine the past without the idea of progress. But what gets left out in the process?
May 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
John Keene’s Poetry of Others John Keene’s Poetry of Others
In Punks, the self is never static and cannot exist outside its relationships to others.
May 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ken Chen
Portrait of a Radical Swarm Portrait of a Radical Swarm
From Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter, Accra Shepp's protest photographs have dissolved the boundaries between the individual and the collective.
Apr 29, 2022 / Salamishah Tillet
Trevor Reed’s Freedom Should Spur Calls to Release Brittney Griner Trevor Reed’s Freedom Should Spur Calls to Release Brittney Griner
Griner’s supporters should use the activism of Reed’s parents as a road map.
Apr 29, 2022 / Dave Zirin
The Supreme Court Has Just Invented a New Way to Harass Vulnerable People The Supreme Court Has Just Invented a New Way to Harass Vulnerable People
In a landmark ruling, the six conservatives ruled to limit people’s ability to recover damages after they’ve faced discrimination—thus making it easier to discriminate.
Apr 29, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Destructive Grip Destructive Grip
Is environmental collapse good for the economy?
Apr 29, 2022 / OppArt / Cristián Pietrapiana
A New Intervention in California’s Mental Health Crisis A New Intervention in California’s Mental Health Crisis
Proposed mental health courts under the CARE program would mandate treatment for severely impaired people.
Apr 29, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
How Covid Revealed the Folly of Our Child Protection System How Covid Revealed the Folly of Our Child Protection System
Despite predictions of an epidemic of child abuse, the temporary shutdown of the child welfare system showed us the promise of a radically different approach.
Apr 29, 2022 / Dorothy Roberts
Kansas’s First Trans Legislator Isn’t Going Anywhere Kansas’s First Trans Legislator Isn’t Going Anywhere
Stephanie Byers is vowing to keep trans kids safe—and some of her Republican colleagues aren’t on board.
Apr 29, 2022 / Q&A / Sophie Hurwitz