Society

Meredith Tax

Meredith Tax, 1942–2022 Meredith Tax, 1942–2022

The tireless organizer, feminist pioneer, and relentless coalition builder never let up.

Oct 31, 2022 / Alix Kates Shulman

Becca Andrews’s New Book Captures the Final Days of Legal Abortion

Becca Andrews’s New Book Captures the Final Days of Legal Abortion Becca Andrews’s New Book Captures the Final Days of Legal Abortion

The journalist was going to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Instead, her new book reports on what happened as it fell.

Oct 31, 2022 / Q&A / Amy Littlefield

How a Royal Visit Helped Weaken the Crown’s Grip on the Caribbean

How a Royal Visit Helped Weaken the Crown’s Grip on the Caribbean How a Royal Visit Helped Weaken the Crown’s Grip on the Caribbean

William and Kate’s springtime tour didn’t spark the movement for independence and reparations in the Caribbean, but it did stoke it.

Oct 31, 2022 / Feature / Michela Moscufo

Climate Crisis Forest Fire

Can the Midterm Elections Help Solve the Climate Crisis? Can the Midterm Elections Help Solve the Climate Crisis?

Climate organizers across the country are adding voter engagement work into their own advocacy. But electing Democrats is just a first step.

Oct 31, 2022 / StudentNation / Sofia Andrade

Russian girls laughing

Russia Hating: A Study of the News—and Views—We Find Fit to Print Russia Hating: A Study of the News—and Views—We Find Fit to Print

Journalists and professors who have called Russia a fascist country are playing a poisonous game.

Oct 31, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich

Why Does the Democratic Republic of the Congo Keep Arresting Journalists?

Why Does the Democratic Republic of the Congo Keep Arresting Journalists? Why Does the Democratic Republic of the Congo Keep Arresting Journalists?

What happened to Steve Wembi?

Oct 28, 2022 / Nicolas Niarchos

Daniel Smith

Daniel Smith Daniel Smith

Low visibility.

Oct 28, 2022 / Steve Brodner

Vaccines Vs. Viruses

Vaccines Vs. Viruses Vaccines Vs. Viruses

With Covid, polio, and viral clades spreading worldwide, vaccines provide the best protection against serious illness.

Oct 28, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up

The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up

How JFK and Robert Kennedy hid the quid pro quo that saved the world from nuclear war.

Oct 28, 2022 / Peter Kornbluh

A painting in Novaya Gazeta's Moscow editorial office, of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other political figures reading the independent newspaper.

Propaganda’s Worst Enemy Propaganda’s Worst Enemy

Samizdat 2.0 is here, and so is the hope of change in Russians’ mindset.

Oct 28, 2022 / Stanislav Kucher

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