The End of the Veiled Prophet The End of the Veiled Prophet
After over a century, the unelected mascot of St. Louis is finally losing its place in public life.
Jul 9, 2021 / Devin Thomas O’Shea
How Labor Can Win at the Bargaining Table How Labor Can Win at the Bargaining Table
A new report from Berkeley is a rare piece of good news for American labor—and a bracing reminder of what real organizing looks like.
Jul 8, 2021 / Sam Gindin
‘What Would It Mean to Think That Thought?’: The Era of Lauren Berlant ‘What Would It Mean to Think That Thought?’: The Era of Lauren Berlant
Four writers on the legacy of Berlant’s thinking both in the academy and in public life.
Jul 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Judith Butler, Maggie Doherty, Ajay Singh Chaudhary, and Gabriel Winant
Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council
A radical poet and educator’s come-from-behind victory over a machine politician complicates the narrative that New York Black moderates rejected a left agenda.
Jul 8, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Can Catalan Pardons Pave a Way Out of Spain’s Territorial Crisis? Can Catalan Pardons Pave a Way Out of Spain’s Territorial Crisis?
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez released nine Catalan independence leaders from prison. Is it a step toward a solution?
Jul 8, 2021 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Olympic Athletes Deserve Freedom of Speech Olympic Athletes Deserve Freedom of Speech
The IOC’s efforts to stifle dissent have no place in a free society.
Jul 8, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
The War on Drugs Is 50 Years Old The War on Drugs Is 50 Years Old
It’s a war we were destined—and that we deserved—to lose.
Jul 7, 2021 / Alfred W. McCoy
Eric Adams Won as a Centrist, but Bold Progressives Took the Other 2 Citywide Contests Eric Adams Won as a Centrist, but Bold Progressives Took the Other 2 Citywide Contests
Important victories for progressives Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander, along with key council candidates, are a reminder that New York voters can produce multiple mandates.
Jul 7, 2021 / John Nichols
