How the Western Literary Canon Made the World Worse How the Western Literary Canon Made the World Worse
A talk with Dionne Brand about her recent book, Salvage, which looks at how the classic texts of Anglo-American fiction helped abet the crimes of capitalism, colonialism, and more...
Dec 5, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
Bernie Sanders: We Need More Working-Class Candidates to Challenge Both Parties Bernie Sanders: We Need More Working-Class Candidates to Challenge Both Parties
The senator says in this exclusive interview that challengers to status quo politics can run in Democratic primaries or as independents.
Nov 26, 2024 / Q&A / John Nichols
Rich Countries Must Pay Up or Humanity Will Pay the Price Rich Countries Must Pay Up or Humanity Will Pay the Price
The climate activist Lidy Nacpil says the climate bill owed to developing nations is in the “trillions, not billions.”
Nov 25, 2024 / Q&A / Carol Schaeffer
How Love Fuels Resistance: Parenting for Liberation How Love Fuels Resistance: Parenting for Liberation
Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson discuss their new anthology, We Grow the World Together, about how caregiving and the organizing work of abolitionists can go hand in hand.
Nov 19, 2024 / Q&A / Regina Mahone
Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice
An interview with Tom Athanasiou on where climate geopolitics goes from here, and why unlocking trillions in climate finance is an “existential necessity.”
Nov 15, 2024 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
Possibility, Force, and BDSM: A Conversation With Chris Kraus and Anna Poletti Possibility, Force, and BDSM: A Conversation With Chris Kraus and Anna Poletti
The two writers discuss the challenges of writing about sex, loneliness, and the new ways novels can tackle BDSM.
Nov 13, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Chris Kraus
How We Can Defend Ourselves in the New Trump Era How We Can Defend Ourselves in the New Trump Era
The labor organizer Bill Fletcher says that, to protect our constitutional democracy, “the union movement needs to become an anti-fascist movement.”
Nov 7, 2024 / Q&A / Dave Zirin
Looking at Art Will Never Be the Same Again Looking at Art Will Never Be the Same Again
A conversation with the art historian Claire Bishop about technology's influence on museums and galleries, and her recent book Disordered Attention.
Nov 6, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Francesca Billington
How to Watch Election Night Like an Expert How to Watch Election Night Like an Expert
Everyone’s favorite wonk Josh Cohen tells us what he’ll be watching for when the polls close tonight.
Nov 5, 2024 / Q&A / Joshua A. Cohen and D.D. Guttenplan
Nancy Pelosi: Biden’s Legacy “Is Our Legacy” Nancy Pelosi: Biden’s Legacy “Is Our Legacy”
A conversation with the first woman speaker of the House about battling Republican extremists and making it possible for Democratic presidents to achieve epic victories.
Nov 1, 2024 / Q&A / John Nichols