Culture

India Walton

India Walton: ‘Finally We’ll Be Able to Put Resources Behind All of These Bold, Visionary Ideas’ India Walton: ‘Finally We’ll Be Able to Put Resources Behind All of These Bold, Visionary Ideas’

The winner of Buffalo’s Democratic mayoral primary knows that the key to making the bold progressive change the city needs is control of the budget and prioritization of resources.

Jul 24, 2021 / Q&A / John Nichols

Republicans Hate Voting Rights Because They Threaten White Power

Republicans Hate Voting Rights Because They Threaten White Power Republicans Hate Voting Rights Because They Threaten White Power

It’s no accident that the current assault on voting rights started not with the failed reelection of Donald Trump but with the successful election of Barack Obama.

Jul 22, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

Carl Craig, 1995.

The Rave According to Carl Craig The Rave According to Carl Craig

After the pandemic brought club life to a halt, the Detroit techno artist kept the party going in the unlikeliest of spaces.

Jul 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Zack Graham

Martin Luther King Jr.

Texan Republican Cancel Culture Targets the Teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Texan Republican Cancel Culture Targets the Teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Why did Texas senators vote to drop Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” from school curriculums?

Jul 21, 2021 / John Nichols

London Underground

Jeremy Cooper’s Art of Ambiguities Jeremy Cooper’s Art of Ambiguities

His epistolary novel Bolt From the Blue is a sort of Künstlerroman about artistic inspiration, parenthood, and the frustrations of interpretation.

Jul 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Haigney

Beatriz Bracher’s Family Histories

Beatriz Bracher’s Family Histories Beatriz Bracher’s Family Histories

In Antonio, the novelist shows how the story of one family can help tell the larger story of inequality and violence in Brazilian life.

Jul 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta

Bruegel Dath

Where Do Wars Come From? Where Do Wars Come From?

Two new books, Margaret MacMillan’s War and Martin Sherwin’s Gambling with Armageddon, offer close studies of how we end up, or almost end up, marching into war.

Jul 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare

Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles

Our ‘Racial Reckoning’ Is Turning Out to Be a White Lie Our ‘Racial Reckoning’ Is Turning Out to Be a White Lie

Black demands for full citizenship are being treated as entitlement and calls for racial accountability redefined as white persecution.

Jul 19, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway

Climate Change Nature Guide

Climate Change Nature Guide Climate Change Nature Guide

Home cooking.

Jul 16, 2021 / OppArt / Jack Ohman

All That’s Utopian Melts Into Asphalt

All That’s Utopian Melts Into Asphalt All That’s Utopian Melts Into Asphalt

Utopia Parkway, which slices through the most diverse borough in New York, began as a dream of cooperative housing for poor Jewish immigrants.

Jul 16, 2021 / Feature / Molly Crabapple

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