Barack Obama’s Politics 101: Ridiculing Republicans Works Barack Obama’s Politics 101: Ridiculing Republicans Works
The former president is still the ablest campaigner the Democrats have, as his takedown of Herschel Walker’s vampire-vs.-werewolf rumination proved.
Dec 6, 2022 / John Nichols
A New Kind of Trans Poetics A New Kind of Trans Poetics
In A Queen in Bucks County, Kay Gabriel finds a connection between trans femininity and modernism as she documents one person's winding journey from suburb to city.
Dec 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark
Time to Turn Up the Pressure on the University of California Decision-Makers Time to Turn Up the Pressure on the University of California Decision-Makers
A union member’s view of the biggest strike in the country.
Dec 5, 2022 / StudentNation / Jane McAlevey
The Queen of Candor: Aline Kominsky-Crumb 1948–2022 The Queen of Candor: Aline Kominsky-Crumb 1948–2022
Her fearless autobiographical stories revolutionized cartooning.
Georgia Democrats Are Going Into Overdrive to Reelect Raphael Warnock Georgia Democrats Are Going Into Overdrive to Reelect Raphael Warnock
And GOP opponent Herschel Walker is giving them a hand. But don’t ignore the way voter suppression made this harder.
Dec 5, 2022 / Joan Walsh
After an Attempt on Imran Khan’s Life, Pakistan Is in Crisis After an Attempt on Imran Khan’s Life, Pakistan Is in Crisis
For the past two months, the former prime minister has tried to cajole his supporters to march on the capital and compel the sitting government to call early elections.
Dec 5, 2022 / Hasan Ali
Staughton Lynd Never Lost the Courage of His Convictions Staughton Lynd Never Lost the Courage of His Convictions
The historian and activist, who died last month, paid a steep price for his commitments. Yet he managed to find a way to keep agitating, and keep writing, while always remaining tr...
Dec 5, 2022 / Joshua Freeman
It’s Time for Rich Countries to Pay Up—Before the Next Climate Disaster It’s Time for Rich Countries to Pay Up—Before the Next Climate Disaster
High-emitting countries like ours have run up quite a climate tab.
Dec 5, 2022 / Stan Cox and Priti Gulati Cox
The Question of the Offensive Monument The Question of the Offensive Monument
What do we lose by simply removing monuments? Robert Bevan attempts to answer that question in a recent book, Monumental Lies.
Dec 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin L. Thompson