Throwing the Book at Amazon’s Monopoly Hold on Publishing Throwing the Book at Amazon’s Monopoly Hold on Publishing
It’s a common trope in movies: A mob enforcer walks into a shop, looks around, and then says to the owner, “Nice place you got here. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.” E…
Jan 8, 2024 / Sandeep Vaheesan and Tara Pincock
How Israel’s Special Antisemitism Envoy Is Getting Antisemitism Totally (and Dangerously) Wrong How Israel’s Special Antisemitism Envoy Is Getting Antisemitism Totally (and Dangerously) Wrong
In equating criticism of Israel and Zionism with antisemitism, Noa Tishby relies on the same conspiratorial tropes that fed Jew-hatred through the centuries.
Jan 8, 2024 / Anat Plocker
A Metaphysical Memoir of Heroin A Metaphysical Memoir of Heroin
Michael Clune’s White Out is among the most intense and intellectually thrilling books on opiate addiction.
Jan 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Kolitz
Welcome to 2024, the Year We Stop Trump’s Rolling Insurrection Welcome to 2024, the Year We Stop Trump’s Rolling Insurrection
January 6, 2021, never ended. We can halt it this year. If we don’t, we may never.
Jan 5, 2024 / Joan Walsh for The Nation
Why Is Biden Risking a New Regional War in the Middle East? Why Is Biden Risking a New Regional War in the Middle East?
The president’s foreign policy is mired in a deeply retrograde and one-sided view of Israel.
Jan 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer
California’s Urban “Doom Loop” California’s Urban “Doom Loop”
The West Coast’s major cities are overrun with empty office space—all while the homeless population keeps growing.
Jan 5, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky
The Insurrection Is Far From Over The Insurrection Is Far From Over
The grim legacy of January 6 lives on in today’s Republican Party.
Jan 5, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
How DEI Programs and Liberal Politics Are Failing Gaza How DEI Programs and Liberal Politics Are Failing Gaza
Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, as they exist in education, are failing, because they emphasize personal feelings over the need to collectively organize.
Jan 4, 2024 / Dave Zirin