The UK’s New Prime Minister Seems Horrible at His Job The UK’s New Prime Minister Seems Horrible at His Job
Keir Starmer has been comically terrible in his first few months in office.
Oct 10, 2024 / Evan Robins
A Swedish Poet Comes Face to Face With the Epic A Swedish Poet Comes Face to Face With the Epic
Sámi writer Linnea Axelsson’s AEdnan uses the ancient form to critique Sweden’s historical mistreatment of its indigenous people.
Oct 10, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Ariel Porte
Israel Invaded Lebanon Because the United States Let It Israel Invaded Lebanon Because the United States Let It
The leveling of Lebanese border towns is the continuation of Israel’s Gaza policy: total destruction and ill-defined objectives.
Oct 9, 2024 / Séamus Malekafzali
Donald Trump Is Running Scared Donald Trump Is Running Scared
He relished the limelight in 2016 and 2020. Now he’s refusing to debate and ducking interviews.
Oct 9, 2024 / John Nichols
Jimmy Carter for Harris Jimmy Carter for Harris
The former president, who turned 100 on October 1, and is in hospice care, said he is “only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” according to his grandson, Jason Carter.
Oct 9, 2024 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn
AMLO Has Broken His Promise to Families of the Disappeared AMLO Has Broken His Promise to Families of the Disappeared
On the 10th anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, victims’ families say the outgoing Mexican president has betrayed them.
Oct 9, 2024 / Ann Louise Deslandes
The One Guaranteed Winner in 2024: American Empire The One Guaranteed Winner in 2024: American Empire
Democrat or Republican, the next presidency will still mean death for others in faraway places.
Oct 9, 2024 / Ahmed Moor
The Paradoxes Facing the Christian Right in Election 2024 The Paradoxes Facing the Christian Right in Election 2024
This year’s Pray Vote Stand summit revealed fissures around Trump’s refusal to support a nationwide abortion ban.
Oct 9, 2024 / Amy Littlefield
Alba de Céspedes’s Marriage Plot Polemic Alba de Céspedes’s Marriage Plot Polemic
In the Cuban-Italian novelist’s Her Side of the Story, she confronts the falsity of romantic love.
Oct 9, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
The Right Meets Hurricane Helene With a Storm of Lies The Right Meets Hurricane Helene With a Storm of Lies
MAGA partisans, including Donald Trump and Elon Musk, have unleashed their own flood of disinformation regarding the federal emergency response.
Oct 8, 2024 / Chris Lehmann