Culture

Outside a supermarket, a masked essential worker wearing a blue hazmat suit holds a stop sign.

The Death Eaters: Covid in the Liberal Imagination The Death Eaters: Covid in the Liberal Imagination

A call to rescue public health from the dead hand of neutrality.

Oct 20, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

The Past, Present, and Future of the Labor Movement

The Past, Present, and Future of the Labor Movement The Past, Present, and Future of the Labor Movement

Kim Kelly’s survey of labor organizing in America—telling the stories of workers on the margins, from miners to sex workers—offers hope and inspiration for working-class victories ...

Oct 20, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nick Juravich

Chris Lehmann on Republican Plans for 2023, Plus Adam Hochschild on Repression in WWI America

Chris Lehmann on Republican Plans for 2023, Plus Adam Hochschild on Repression in WWI America Chris Lehmann on Republican Plans for 2023, Plus Adam Hochschild on Repression in WWI America

On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, discussions on the GOP’s “Commitment to America” and how the First World War threatened democracy. 

Oct 20, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Reading James Baldwin

Reading James Baldwin Reading James Baldwin

Mural in Harlem, NYC.

Oct 19, 2022 / OppArt / Ysabel Mejia

The Ghosts of “Irma Vep”

The Ghosts of “Irma Vep” The Ghosts of “Irma Vep”

Olivier Assayas's clever and beguiling HBO miniseries responds to the state of cinema in the age of streaming.

Oct 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi

The Uncategorizable Bruno Latour (1947–2022)

The Uncategorizable Bruno Latour (1947–2022) The Uncategorizable Bruno Latour (1947–2022)

The scholar, who passed last week, revolutionized the field of science and technology studies and challenged the very notion of disciplinary boundaries.

Oct 18, 2022 / Obituary / Paul N. Edwards and Gabrielle Hecht

MI5’s War Against British Intellectuals and Artists

MI5’s War Against British Intellectuals and Artists MI5’s War Against British Intellectuals and Artists

The British Security Service’s futile record of harassment and surveillance.

Oct 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

View of the entrance to Julia Richman Education Complex High School on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York, N.Y.

Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partes Tres Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partes Tres

NYU organic chemistry professor fired after students complain that his course is too difficult.—News reports A pity that she’s now beneath the soil. She rests in peace, where one c…

Oct 18, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Dangers of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November

The Dangers of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November The Dangers of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November

Pretending we only exist in election years is a losing strategy for the left.

Oct 17, 2022 / Bill Gallegos

How the United States Fails the Chronically Ill

How the United States Fails the Chronically Ill How the United States Fails the Chronically Ill

In her new book, the poet and critic Meghan O’Rourke charts her and many Americans’ struggle with chronic illness.

Oct 17, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Libby Watson

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