Women’s March in Brooklyn 2021 Women’s March in Brooklyn 2021
Roe v. Wade is under dire threat... AGAIN!
Oct 14, 2021 / OppArt / Karen Green
Big Tobacco Got Caught in a Lie by Congress. Now It’s the Oil Industry’s Turn Big Tobacco Got Caught in a Lie by Congress. Now It’s the Oil Industry’s Turn
The CEOs of Exxon, BP, Shell, and Chevron face a Capitol Hill hearing on their climate crisis lies—will it mirror the downfall of big tobacco?
Oct 14, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard
America as a “Shining City on a Hill”—and Other Myths to Die By America as a “Shining City on a Hill”—and Other Myths to Die By
Time to begin the dirty, essential work of undigging our history, before it kills us all.
Oct 14, 2021 / Column / Gregg Gonsalves
New York City’s State of Permanent Crisis New York City’s State of Permanent Crisis
How New Yorkers trying to ward off catastrophe paved the road to the privatized city.
Oct 14, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Nick Juravich
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Holding Up the Democratic Agenda The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Holding Up the Democratic Agenda
Party leaders are caving to corporate pressure and ceding ground on an already dangerously low budget proposal.
Oct 14, 2021 / Aída Chávez
The Changing Hymn (Allegory of the Singing Lover) The Changing Hymn (Allegory of the Singing Lover)
For Mary Rose During the Trouble Years my love sang the same song every day but every day she’d change—slightly—the words One day she sang a song for sweepers and the next day the…
Oct 14, 2021 / Poems / Patrick Rosal
How America Learned to Outsource Its Dirtiest Work to the Least Powerful How America Learned to Outsource Its Dirtiest Work to the Least Powerful
A conversation with author Eyal Press about the men and women who do this country’s most maligned jobs and the psychic toll it takes on them.
Oct 14, 2021 / Q&A / Jasmine Liu
Democrats Are Ready to Abandon Black Voters, Again Democrats Are Ready to Abandon Black Voters, Again
The data scientist David Shor is urging Democrats to dump their racial justice message if they want to maintain any power. That’s a terrible idea.
Oct 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal
George Floyd, Born This Day in 1973 George Floyd, Born This Day in 1973
Memorials created after his murder by police in 2020.
Breaking Glass: Curriculum “Diversity” and Its Discontents Breaking Glass: Curriculum “Diversity” and Its Discontents
On teaching literature and the limits of representation.
Oct 13, 2021 / Column / Diana Senechal