AOC’s DNC Speech Was a Betrayal of the Gaza Movement AOC’s DNC Speech Was a Betrayal of the Gaza Movement
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s decision to lend her credibility to the Biden-Harris administration’s false narrative around Gaza was a stinging slap in the face.
Aug 21, 2024 / Kareem Elrefai
I Saw Racist Candidate George Wallace in 1968 I Saw Racist Candidate George Wallace in 1968
…and I see racist candidate Trump in 2024. We’re not going back!
Aug 21, 2024 / OppArt / Jos Sances
As Democrats Party, Doctors Beg the World to Listen to Gaza As Democrats Party, Doctors Beg the World to Listen to Gaza
“The reason we cry tears isn’t sadness anymore. It’s the feeling that we have no ability to get the most powerful country in the world to stop the bombs.”
Aug 21, 2024 / Sarah Lazare
Guy Davenport—the Last High Modernist Guy Davenport—the Last High Modernist
In the essays collected in Geography of the Imagination, one can glimpse the inner workings of the mind of a 20th-century literary genius.
Aug 21, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David Schurman Wallace
Why Does Trump Still Have 44 Percent of Voters? Why Is “Hillbilly Elegy” Still Number One? Why Does Trump Still Have 44 Percent of Voters? Why Is “Hillbilly Elegy” Still Number One?
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Marc Cooper analyzes the GOP today, and Becca Rothfield examines J.D. Vance’s memoir.
Aug 21, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
How Teaching Shaped Tim Walz’s Politics How Teaching Shaped Tim Walz’s Politics
From classrooms to campaign trails, the vice presidential nominee has continually drawn on his experience as an educator to influence his priorities in office.
Aug 21, 2024 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp
The Feminist Movement Is Powering the Kamala Harris Campaign The Feminist Movement Is Powering the Kamala Harris Campaign
At a DNC gathering of women leaders, a reminder: “You don’t have to get ready if you stay ready.”
Aug 20, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Raphael Warnock Lights Up the Convention With a Preacher’s Fire Raphael Warnock Lights Up the Convention With a Preacher’s Fire
The Georgia senator showed why the Black church remains the cornerstone of the Democratic Party.
Aug 20, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Real-Time “Fact-Checking” Is the Lowest Form of Journalism Real-Time “Fact-Checking” Is the Lowest Form of Journalism
Quibbling over technical errors is a fool’s errand when one major faction is seizing on organized lying as a mass recruitment tactic.
Aug 20, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Waving Goodbye to the Neoliberal Democratic Party Waving Goodbye to the Neoliberal Democratic Party
Hillary Clinton’s DNC speech marked the end of the centrist consensus of the Clinton–Obama years.
Aug 20, 2024 / Robert L. Borosage