How Can We Wean Ourselves Off Our Country’s Military Dependency? How Can We Wean Ourselves Off Our Country’s Military Dependency?
Moving resources and skills and jobs from the military-industrial complex to civilian sectors is a big project. But it could start in your own community.
Oct 3, 2024 / Frida Berrigan
Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting
The late literary critic revitalized Marxism to critique our postmodern and globalized reality.
Tim Walz’s Long Game Will Pay Off Tim Walz’s Long Game Will Pay Off
JD Vance is a skillful liar, but the vice-presidential debate produced enough bad clips to damage Trump’s campaign.
Oct 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers
While the deep-pocketed trawling industry rakes in millions, indigenous Alaskans, small-scale fisheries, and the state’s ecosystem are being left out to dry.
Oct 2, 2024 / Lois Parshley
Abortion Bans—and Shaming—Aren’t Boosting Fertility Rates. What Does? Abortion Bans—and Shaming—Aren’t Boosting Fertility Rates. What Does?
Not only are abortion bans actively harmful to women and their families—they also don’t work to recreate the past as conservatives want them to.
Oct 1, 2024 / Elizabeth Gregory
What Happened to Patrick Masengo Kalasa? What Happened to Patrick Masengo Kalasa?
The longtime advocate for Katangese rights recently disappeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His friends fear for his life.
Oct 1, 2024 / Nicolas Niarchos
JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated
For the Republican candidate, riling up the right-wing base outweighs alienating everyone else.
Sep 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Payback Time: Now It’s the Machinists’ Turn to Mount the Barricades Payback Time: Now It’s the Machinists’ Turn to Mount the Barricades
The current strike at Boeing over lost wages and stolen pensions is a fight that has been brewing for a long time.
Sep 27, 2024 / Jonathan Rosenblum
Should the Government Break Up Big Corporations or Buy Them? Should the Government Break Up Big Corporations or Buy Them?
Matt Bruenig writes that governments should nationalize more companies while Zephyr Teachout argues that freedom requires decentralized power.
Sep 27, 2024 / The Debate / Matt Bruenig and Zephyr Teachout
The Gifts of Fredric Jameson (1934–2024) The Gifts of Fredric Jameson (1934–2024)
The intellectual titan bestowed on us so many things, chief among them a reminder to Always Be Historicizing.
Sep 26, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner