Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine
After my father fled Nazi Germany in 1933, he witnessed a toxic new nationalism rising among Jews in Palestine—and was silenced for trying to warn of its dangers.
Sep 3, 2024 / Feature / Barry Yourgrau
Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War
On this date 54 years ago, the largest ethnically focussed action in the movement against the Vietnam War took place—offering an important example of the power of a people united....
Aug 29, 2024 / Bill Gallegos
By His Endorsement of Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shows the Dark Side of Camelot By His Endorsement of Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shows the Dark Side of Camelot
The complex Kennedy legacy has reactionary as well as liberal strands.
Aug 28, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality
A series of new books unearth the long history of egalitarian politics. They also ask whether equality, instead of another political ideal, should be at the center of our politics...
Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
In “We’re Not Going Back!” Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia In “We’re Not Going Back!” Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia
Underneath the cliché that “we’re all in this together” lie harder truths that will need to be faced if Harris and Walz want to rally the nation for real change.
Aug 27, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan
The “Cascade of Errors” That Led to America’s War on Terror The “Cascade of Errors” That Led to America’s War on Terror
Steve Coll’s new book looks at the hubris and delusions of American foreign-policy makers and counterparts in the Middle East that led to a war that still haunts the globe.
Aug 22, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Lyle Jeremy Rubin
To Build Working-Class Power, We Need a Workers’ Education Movement To Build Working-Class Power, We Need a Workers’ Education Movement
A century ago, labor colleges transformed American unions. It’s time to bring them back.
Aug 13, 2024 / Feature / Daniel Judt
Their Atrocities—and Ours: Thinking About the Wrong Side of History Their Atrocities—and Ours: Thinking About the Wrong Side of History
Can a cause still be just, even if atrocities have been committed on its behalf?
Aug 12, 2024 / Bruce Robbins
The Trans Panic in Sports Is Nearly a Century Old The Trans Panic in Sports Is Nearly a Century Old
Michael Waters’s eye-opening history of gender and athletics in the lead-up to the 1936 Olympics reveals just how old this reactionary movement in athletics is.
Aug 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Ben Kesslen
Gender Diversity at the Olympics Gender Diversity at the Olympics
There are at least 155 out LGBTQ athletes from 25 countries competing in this year’s Olympic games in Paris.
Aug 6, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo