Why Did “Furiosa” Flop? Why Did “Furiosa” Flop?
A web of interconnected reasons might explain why George Miller’s long-awaited new entry to his Mad Max series failed in the box office.
Jul 10, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi
A Surprise Win by an Iranian Reformist A Surprise Win by an Iranian Reformist
The new president in Tehran is likely to renew outreach to the United States.
Jul 9, 2024 / Bob Dreyfuss
A New Study Confirms That the Texas Abortion Ban “Is Responsible” for a Rise in Infant Deaths A New Study Confirms That the Texas Abortion Ban “Is Responsible” for a Rise in Infant Deaths
Texas leaders promised that the ban, enacted 10 months before Roe was overturned, would “save” newborn lives.
Jul 9, 2024 / Mary Tuma
Biden’s Salvo Against Party “Elites” Is a Cop-Out Biden’s Salvo Against Party “Elites” Is a Cop-Out
From his perch in the nation’s highest office, the president has positioned himself as the underdog—against elected Democratic representatives.
Jul 9, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Women Scientists Women Scientists
Lise Meitner (1878–1968), Austrian physicist. Nettie Stevens (1861–1912), American geneticist. Ángela Ruiz Robles (1895–1975), Spanish teacher, writer, pioneer and inventor. Mary A...
Jul 9, 2024 / OppArt / Adriana Mosquera Soto
How Comedy Central Fell Into Paramount’s Corporate Memory Hole How Comedy Central Fell Into Paramount’s Corporate Memory Hole
The entertainment behemoth deleted 25 years of the groundbreaking network's content prior to its new merger with Skydance—and things are likely to get much worse.
Jul 9, 2024 / Ben Schwartz
The Awful Plan to Turn Gaza Into the Next Dubai The Awful Plan to Turn Gaza Into the Next Dubai
The Netanyahu administration seems to have learned from neighboring petrostates that spectacle can distract from ethnic cleansing.
Jul 9, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner
These Corporations Are the True “Winners” of the War on Gaza These Corporations Are the True “Winners” of the War on Gaza
From Colt to Caterpillar, American companies are earning big profits off of Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza, turning the horrors of war into boardroom victories.
Jul 9, 2024 / Feature / Spencer Ackerman
From the Moment She Joined a Fight, Jane McAlevey Was in It to Win From the Moment She Joined a Fight, Jane McAlevey Was in It to Win
A bitter foe of “pretend politics,” she always said she wanted “to teach people: Can we have the confidence to win?”
Jul 9, 2024 / Obituary / D.D. Guttenplan
France Avoids Disaster. Can the Olympics Do the Same? France Avoids Disaster. Can the Olympics Do the Same?
The socialist mayor of Paris has promised that the Olympics can make Paris greener, cleaner, and safer. With the left triumphant, will this actually happen?
Jul 8, 2024 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff