
Urvashi Vaid, 1958–2022 Urvashi Vaid, 1958–2022
Telling the truth, standing together, and fighting for liberation.
May 26, 2022 / Obituary / Laura Flanders

What Was the Wiretap? What Was the Wiretap?
How the long and strange history of wiretapping continues to shape how Americans conceive of surveillance and privacy.
May 26, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lora Kelley

The Walter Tevis Renaissance The Walter Tevis Renaissance
On the revival of one of the most perceptive American chroniclers of addiction.
May 25, 2022 / Jackson Arn

The Ardor of Tessa Hadley The Ardor of Tessa Hadley
Her novels are masterful domestic dramas that obsess over the mechanics of adultery and illicit passion.
May 25, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Haigney

Sun, Sand, Surf, Sea—and Russian Rockets: Wartime in Odesa Sun, Sand, Surf, Sea—and Russian Rockets: Wartime in Odesa
Ukraine’s historic Black Sea resort turns to the war effort.
May 24, 2022 / Leif Reigstad

Snow Maze Snow Maze
Everything feels cold I’d love a little warmth But I am stuck out here While they warm themselves By the fireplace or by the fire They have no bones And are completely ash I…
May 24, 2022 / Poems / Dorothea Lasky

The Long History of Resistance That Birthed Black Lives Matter The Long History of Resistance That Birthed Black Lives Matter
A conversation with historian Donna Murch about the past, present, and future of Black radical organizing.
May 24, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
the poet defends his right to a future and demands its immediate redistribution the poet defends his right to a future and demands its immediate redistribution
the right to be stone if you take the snow to the caribbean sea, it melts. if you destroy capital’s temperaments, we return. you can’t concoct water, only its forms. to interrupt t…
May 24, 2022 / Poems / Raquel Salas Rivera

Vivek Chibber on the Future of Marxist Thought Vivek Chibber on the Future of Marxist Thought
His new book The Class Matrix: Social Theory After the Cultural Turn is an impassioned argument for centering class politics in both theory and praxis.
May 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

America’s Largest, Most Neglected Machine Could Be the Key to Radical Climate Activism America’s Largest, Most Neglected Machine Could Be the Key to Radical Climate Activism
Most of us ignore the electrical grid, but it’s a crucial part of the transition to renewable energy capacity.
May 23, 2022 / Feature / Jessi Jezewska Stevens