What’s Old Is New. Darcy Exhibition: Punch Line. What’s Old Is New. Darcy Exhibition: Punch Line.
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Jul 16, 2024 / OppArt / Thomas F. Darcy
We’re Caught in Another Cycle of Racial Progress and Retrenchment We’re Caught in Another Cycle of Racial Progress and Retrenchment
The racial justice uprisings in 2020 led to some minor achievements—and a major backlash.
Jul 16, 2024 / Column / Kali Holloway
Joe Biden Was Never As Tough on Trump as J.D. Vance Joe Biden Was Never As Tough on Trump as J.D. Vance
The man Trump has picked as his vice presidential running mate was once the ultimate Never Trumper.
Jul 16, 2024 / John Nichols
The Planetary Vision of Soviet Russia’s Great Modernist Novel The Planetary Vision of Soviet Russia’s Great Modernist Novel
Andrey Platonov’s masterpiece Chevengur imagined a politics of solidarity that placed at its center the health of the planet.
Jul 16, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Maria Chehonadskih
J.D. Vance Is the Terrible Future of the Republican Party J.D. Vance Is the Terrible Future of the Republican Party
Trump’s VP pick is the perfect vessel for soulless, pseudo-populist MAGA tyranny.
Jul 15, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
The Dismissal of the Trump Documents’ Case Is Yet More Proof: The Institutionalists Have Failed The Dismissal of the Trump Documents’ Case Is Yet More Proof: The Institutionalists Have Failed
Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to toss the case should dispel any remaining hope that the courts will save us from Donald Trump.
Jul 15, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Where Our Current Moment of Political Violence Began Where Our Current Moment of Political Violence Began
I did not let myself feel how scary it was at the RNC in Cleveland in 2016. Eight years later, it’s clear that it was a preview of the perilous moment we’re in now.
Jul 15, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Leaked Congressional Democrat Napkin Doodles Leaked Congressional Democrat Napkin Doodles
Hardscribbles.
Jul 15, 2024 / OppArt / Steve Brodner
Wayne Smith Devoted His Career to Dialogue and Diplomacy Wayne Smith Devoted His Career to Dialogue and Diplomacy
The former Foreign Service officer liked to say “Cuba seems to have the same effect on American administrations as the full moon has on werewolves.”
Jul 15, 2024 / Obituary / Peter Kornbluh and William M. LeoGrande
A Close-Up View of the UK Election Gave Rise to an Unfamiliar Emotion: Envy A Close-Up View of the UK Election Gave Rise to an Unfamiliar Emotion: Envy
The US left can only dream of Democrats’ having five years ahead of interrupted power—and control of Congress—with the GOP, like the Tories, driven far to the margins for a d...
Jul 15, 2024 / Ross Barkan