Politics

A Historic March in London

A Historic March in London A Historic March in London

“A statement from millions moving as one affirming a single truth: that what is done to one, must be felt by us all.” —Ru Freeman

Nov 28, 2023 / OppArt / Ru Freeman

An adult with two children pastes paper onto a wall covered in graffiti

The Humanitarian Pause Is a Chance to Pull Back From a Mindless War The Humanitarian Pause Is a Chance to Pull Back From a Mindless War

The extended hostage exchange offers the opportunity to move from war to cease-fire to negotiations.

Nov 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Close up photograph of Amber Hollibaugh looking up into camerca

Revolution? Hell Yes!  Remembering Amber Hollibaugh Revolution? Hell Yes!  Remembering Amber Hollibaugh

The writer, who died last month, spent a lifetime breaking silences around sex.

Nov 28, 2023 / Obituary / JoAnn Wypijewski

A still from the film Phantom Parrot, which follows the case of human rights activist Muhammad Rabbani.

The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand

Phantom Parrot, a British documentary now screening in the US, sheds light on the Orwellian technologies being used across borders to repress activists, journalists, and others.

Nov 27, 2023 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Radical Left

Radical Left Radical Left

Shots will be shot.

Nov 27, 2023 / OppArt / Pat Bagley

Nurse understaffing strike

Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis? Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis?

The nurse staffing crisis isn’t new, but the situation has only intensified since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our hospitals are at risk if they don’t have enough nurses."

Nov 27, 2023 / StudentNation / Kayla Yup

Holiday Declarations

Holiday Declarations Holiday Declarations

Milei's milieu.

Nov 24, 2023 / Steve Brodner

Pierre Omidyar, the chairman and founder of eBay, looks on during the final session of the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, on September 23, 2010.

Why “Liberal” Donors Love Giving Money to the Extreme Right Why “Liberal” Donors Love Giving Money to the Extreme Right

Many purportedly progressive plutocrats turn reactionary on Israel and labor.

Nov 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer

FDR, Thanksgiving 1933.

FDR Taught Us How to Talk Politics on Thanksgiving FDR Taught Us How to Talk Politics on Thanksgiving

The 32nd president used his holiday proclamations to call for “the establishment on earth of freedom, brotherhood, and justice.”

Nov 23, 2023 / John Nichols

“The Siesta,” by Vincent van Gogh, 1889.

You Have “The Right to Be Lazy” You Have “The Right to Be Lazy”

Paul Lafargue's anti-work manifesto is newly relevant in a time when the very idea of labor is changing.

Nov 23, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Clinton Williamson

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