What the Country Refused to Learn From the Pandemic What the Country Refused to Learn From the Pandemic
However briefly, the pandemic showed us that such an American world is not only possible but right at our fingertips.
May 4, 2023 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
One Man Killed Jordan Neely—but We All Failed Him One Man Killed Jordan Neely—but We All Failed Him
Everything about Neely’s death is a symptom of our collective rot—from the way we treat poverty as a crime to the way we treat soldiers as weapons that can be stowed.
May 4, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Tucker Carlson’s Racist Text Didn’t Get Him Fired Tucker Carlson’s Racist Text Didn’t Get Him Fired
He regularly said worse things on his highly rated White Power Hour on Fox—and Fox let it happen for years.
May 3, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Tennessee Republicans Are Showing Exactly How Deep American Racism Goes Tennessee Republicans Are Showing Exactly How Deep American Racism Goes
The Republicans’ attempt to push two Black legislators out of the Tennessee statehouse was an object lesson in bigotry.
May 3, 2023 / Column / Elie Mystal
Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New
White supremacists adopt the language of environmentalism to push both grotesque anti-immigrant bigotry and a broader, unnerving far-right agenda.
May 1, 2023 / Stan Cox
No, You Absolutely Do Not Have to Hand It to Tucker Carlson No, You Absolutely Do Not Have to Hand It to Tucker Carlson
Contra some of his leftist stans, the ousted Fox News host was not actually anti-war or an economic populist.
Apr 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Gifts Harry Belafonte Gave Me The Gifts Harry Belafonte Gave Me
The singer, actor, and activist gave generously of his time and wisdom—not just to me but to the world.
Apr 26, 2023 / Joan Walsh
What I’ll Remember Most About Tucker Carlson? His Ability to Unleash the Haters. What I’ll Remember Most About Tucker Carlson? His Ability to Unleash the Haters.
Like so many others, I still bear the psychic scars of Carlson’s drive to stir up his base. But that drive had nothing to do with why Fox fired him.
Apr 26, 2023 / Elie Mystal
How Reading “The Economist” Helped Me to Stop Worrying About White Supremacy How Reading “The Economist” Helped Me to Stop Worrying About White Supremacy
A recent viral sensation identifies the migration of poor whites as the cause of the problem—letting the rest of us off the hook!
Apr 21, 2023 / Sarah Taber