The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway
The city’s metro hosts—and authorities unofficially sanction—a queer institution unlike any other.
Dec 2, 2024 / Feature / A.W. Strouse
25 Years Ago, the Battle of Seattle Showed Us What Democracy Looks Like 25 Years Ago, the Battle of Seattle Showed Us What Democracy Looks Like
The protests against the WTO Conference in 1999 were short-lived. But their legacy has reverberated through American political life ever since.
Nov 29, 2024 / Colette Shade
The Exiled Palestinian Poet Fighting Censorship in Democracies The Exiled Palestinian Poet Fighting Censorship in Democracies
Ghayath Almadhoun had a poetry event in Berlin canceled simply because he’s Palestinian. At least 200 more artists have been silenced over Palestine in Germany since.
Nov 29, 2024 / Ghayath Almadhoun
Forgotten Recent History Forgotten Recent History
Igniting resentment, exploding war.
Nov 27, 2024 / OppArt / Seth Tobocman
The “Worst COP” Concludes With a “Heartbreaking” Climate-Finance Deal The “Worst COP” Concludes With a “Heartbreaking” Climate-Finance Deal
Activists say the climate agreement effectively signed away the 1.5-degree Celsius target—”our only real chance to safeguard humanity’s future.”
Nov 27, 2024 / Carol Schaeffer
In the Zone of the Rich In the Zone of the Rich
In The Hidden Globe, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian examines what globalization has come to look like for the wealthy.
Nov 26, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Vanessa Ogle
Hollywood’s Vocal Actors Union Goes Silent on a Gaza Ceasefire Hollywood’s Vocal Actors Union Goes Silent on a Gaza Ceasefire
Amin El Gamal, head of SAG-AFTRA's committee on Middle Eastern and North African members, has advocated for a statement supporting a ceasefire in Gaza—so far without success
Nov 25, 2024 / Ben Schwartz
Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man
After the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, business leaders made a show of shunning Saudi Arabia, doing deals only behind closed doors. Now it’s all out in the open.
Nov 25, 2024 / Jonathan Guyer
America Has Done Mass Deportation Before America Has Done Mass Deportation Before
From the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, Trump can easily find precedents for his policy. None of them ended well.
Nov 25, 2024 / Eric Foner
Climate Change Is the Real National Security Threat Climate Change Is the Real National Security Threat
In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, it’s clear we’re defending against the wrong perils.
Nov 25, 2024 / Feature / Michael T. Klare