Is It Time to Cancel Football? Is It Time to Cancel Football?
Now, as the Super Bowl looms, is it time to turn your back on football? Or would you prefer to “man up” and leave any qualms about its violence in the dust of recent history?
Feb 10, 2023 / Robert Lipsyte
The GOP’s Phony Class War The GOP’s Phony Class War
Racist resentment plus plutocratic economics don’t equal a “working-class party.”
Feb 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal
Our over-militarized police force makes de-escalation unthinkable and violence inevitable—and, in the case of the "Cop City" shooting, lethal.
Feb 3, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Will New Leadership Make the UAW Labor’s Vanguard Once Again? Will New Leadership Make the UAW Labor’s Vanguard Once Again?
In the wake of a corruption scandal, the autoworkers' union leadership faces the first contested election in over three-quarters of a century. But the old guard won't go without a ...
Feb 2, 2023 / Nelson Lichtenstein
Nuclear Fusion Isn’t the Silver Bullet We Want It to Be Nuclear Fusion Isn’t the Silver Bullet We Want It to Be
It’s not about creating future clean energy and never has been. It’s about “protecting” the world’s greatest capitalist superpower.
Jan 30, 2023 / Joshua Frank
When My Song “Rich People” Went Viral, It Didn‘t Make Me Rich When My Song “Rich People” Went Viral, It Didn‘t Make Me Rich
If making a fortune is your goal, a career in music will take you a long way—in the wrong direction.
Jan 30, 2023 / Carsie Blanton
Why It’s Okay for Progressives to Enjoy Sam Bankman-Fried’s Downfall Why It’s Okay for Progressives to Enjoy Sam Bankman-Fried’s Downfall
The fallen plutocrat was also the chief financier of a counterrevolution inside the Democratic Party.
Biden’s Next Chief of Staff Is a Disaster in the Making Biden’s Next Chief of Staff Is a Disaster in the Making
Prospective pick Jeffrey Zients is a poster boy for corporate predation.
Jan 23, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Big Pharma Greed’s Knows No Bounds Big Pharma Greed’s Knows No Bounds
A proposal by Moderna to hike Covid vaccine costs to as much as $130 a dose is “what corporate greed looks like.”
Jan 20, 2023 / John Nichols
Why You Don’t Need to Fear the Taxman Why You Don’t Need to Fear the Taxman
It’s time to defend—not defund—the IRS.
Jan 19, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel