Culture

Cutting Down Our Future

Cutting Down Our Future Cutting Down Our Future

No infinite growth on a finite planet.

Feb 26, 2021 / OppArt / Michele Guieu

The Resplendent Radicalism of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The Resplendent Radicalism of Lawrence Ferlinghetti The Resplendent Radicalism of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

What made Ferlinghetti so refreshing was his delight with each new generation’s readiness to challenge the status quo it had been handed.

Feb 25, 2021 / John Nichols

Trump Opened the American Pandora’s Box

Trump Opened the American Pandora’s Box Trump Opened the American Pandora’s Box

The ex-president empowers historic hatred.

Feb 25, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Confederate Monument Baltimore

Danielle Evans’s Poignant Histories of the Present Danielle Evans’s Poignant Histories of the Present

Her new fiction collection The Office of Historical Corrections gives an intimate retelling of some of the debates and protests that defined the last decade.

Feb 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Lynne

Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist

Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist

A life dedicated to freedom.

Feb 24, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill

The Front Lines

The Front Lines The Front Lines

On Atlantis, Dear Comrades!, and A Glitch in the Matrix.

Feb 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Dogs in the Snow

Finding Community Through Our Dogs in the Darkest Days of the Pandemic Finding Community Through Our Dogs in the Darkest Days of the Pandemic

A dog story, in which humans paw their way from isolation to something like community.

Feb 24, 2021 / Angela Ards

New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade

New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Even after slave trade was banned, the United States and New York City, in particular, were complicit in allowing it to persist.

Feb 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Gerald Horne

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Nobody Deserves a Vacation More Than Ted Cruz Nobody Deserves a Vacation More Than Ted Cruz

What could he do to help Texas anyway?

Feb 23, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

What Comes After Meritocracy?

What Comes After Meritocracy? What Comes After Meritocracy?

The long-standing focus by liberals on meritocratic advancement has isolated the working class.

Feb 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Anderson

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