A Former Student Recalls Tim Walz’s Kindness A Former Student Recalls Tim Walz’s Kindness
“I was a C student, better in some classes, worse in others, and he didn’t leave out lesser-performing students.”
Aug 6, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Tim Walz Brings the Democratic Ticket Back to the Party’s Roots Tim Walz Brings the Democratic Ticket Back to the Party’s Roots
Vice President Harris’s running mate is a heartland governor who has championed Minnesota’s working class. It’s a departure from the party’s long slide toward Beltway elitism.
Aug 6, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Gender Diversity at the Olympics Gender Diversity at the Olympics
There are at least 155 out LGBTQ athletes from 25 countries competing in this year’s Olympic games in Paris.
Aug 6, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
This Bill Aims to Strip Trump’s Immunity—and the Supreme Court’s Power This Bill Aims to Strip Trump’s Immunity—and the Supreme Court’s Power
In a sign that Democrats are finally getting serious about reining in the Supreme Court, Senator Check Schumer has proposed the No Kings Act.
Aug 6, 2024 / Elie Mystal
What’s Left After Wokeness? What’s Left After Wokeness?
An interview with political philosopher Susan Neiman, the author of Left Is Not “Woke.”
Aug 6, 2024 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Chicago’s Palestinians Won’t Let the DNC Ignore Gaza Chicago’s Palestinians Won’t Let the DNC Ignore Gaza
The Chicago area is home to the biggest Palestinian diaspora in the US. They’re going to make sure the Democratic National Convention hears them.
Aug 6, 2024 / Sarah Lazare
The Lost Stories of the Communist International The Lost Stories of the Communist International
The focus of Brigitte Studer’s Travellers of the World Revolution is not the leadership and changing politics of the Comintern but the history of its rank and file.
Aug 6, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Tony Wood
How the Freedom Caucus Bomb Throwers Guarantee Bloated Spending Bills How the Freedom Caucus Bomb Throwers Guarantee Bloated Spending Bills
By rejecting the appropriations process, House Republicans fuel the opaque, last-minute adoption of continuing resolutions and messy omnibus packages.
Aug 5, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
We Must Defend Imane Khelif We Must Defend Imane Khelif
Transphobia also hurts cisgender women like the Algerian boxer Imane Khelif who don’t conform to a narrow, Eurocentric vision of womanhood.
Aug 5, 2024 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World
A lame-duck president averse to diplomacy poses grave dangers at home and abroad.
Aug 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer