The Contradictions of Adam Smith The Contradictions of Adam Smith
A conversation with Glory Liu about the thinker's influence on American politics, the many ways his work has been misunderstood, and why we remember Smith as a champion of capitali...
Dec 14, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
The Recount That Could Decide the Fate of Abortion Rights in Arizona The Recount That Could Decide the Fate of Abortion Rights in Arizona
Arizona’s attorney general race, between a pro-choice Democrat and an anti-choice Republican, has come down to 510 votes.
Dec 14, 2022 / John Nichols
Democrats Can Win Rural Seats if They Listen to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Democrats Can Win Rural Seats if They Listen to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Washington’s new congresswoman talks working-class appeal and the failure of the party elite.
Dec 14, 2022 / Q&A / Nick Bowlin
The Case for “Andor” as Great Television The Case for “Andor” as Great Television
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, David Klion joins the show to discuss why the new Star Wars deserves to rank with The Wire.
Will Biden Shut Down Guantánamo? Will Biden Shut Down Guantánamo?
After 7,627 nightmarish days of torture, cruel treatment, legal limbo, and injustice, it’s time for Biden to make good on his word: Shut it down.
Dec 14, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg
The Future of Climate Adaptation Is Here in the Native Village of Newtok, Alaska The Future of Climate Adaptation Is Here in the Native Village of Newtok, Alaska
Newtok has been moving to safer ground while facing mounting crisis. A story of both struggle and success, it's become a model for communities in the path of disaster.
Dec 14, 2022 / Madeline Ostrander
Reading Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” in the Age of Ron DeSantis Reading Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” in the Age of Ron DeSantis
More than 30 years after it was published, the seminal queer theory text still has some things to say.
Dec 14, 2022 / Feature / Naomi Gordon-Loebl
Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars. Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars.
California and New York legislators are trying to undo the damage caused since the 1994 Crime Bill. But elder parole isn’t working as hoped.
Dec 14, 2022 / Feature / Victoria Law
House Music is Still the Sound of the Future House Music is Still the Sound of the Future
As raves took over the world, American electronic music kept growing in the places it began.
Dec 14, 2022 / Feature / Hubert Adjei-Kontoh
The Radical Internationalism of the Spanish Civil War The Radical Internationalism of the Spanish Civil War
A new graphic history charts the exploits of those Americans serving in the war’s International Brigades.
Dec 14, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Bill Fletcher Jr.