A Sheriff for the People

Following her recent victory in New Orleans, Susan Hutson will become the first female Black sheriff in Louisiana history.

Remembering the Clarion Call of bell hooks

My recollections of the late scholar, who revolutionized her fields.

Alfred Döblin’s Surreal Foray Into Climate Fiction

The 20th-century German writer’s novel Mountains Oceans Giants is a stunning and strange look into what an environmental apocalypse might look like.

Never Again

Abortion rights protect women’s lives.

The Challenge of Chile

The election of Gabriel Boric, a left-wing president, has consequences far beyond the country’s borders.

My Neighbor Protested His Family’s Expulsion From Its Home—Now He’s in an Israeli Prison

Murad Attieh has been in prison for 133 days for what many believe is an effort to criminalize our movement.

The Coverage of Build Back Better’s Failure Is Focused on the Wrong Culprits

This isn’t a case of “Democratic disarray.”

How Democrats Lost Build Back Better

Most Democrats, including progressives, are unwilling to reflect on the strategic errors they made along the way.

What’s New in the New “West Side Story”?

In Steven Spielberg’s version, we get a film that offers a far more inclusive vision of postwar America but one that still retains its flawed view of working-class tribalism.

Bringing Out the Big Guns

Is it power over the means of violence and coercion that distinguishes the ruling class from the rest of us?

NBA and NFL to America: Drop Dead

The major sports leagues have decided that the show must go on, body count be damned.

Life Circa 2050 Will Be Bad. Really Bad.

Future widespread suffering won’t be caused by some unforeseen disaster but by all-too-obvious, painfully predictable reasons.

Protect Students

Education is key.

Sanders and the Squad Knew Manchin Couldn't Be Trusted

They had strategies for taking on the West Virginian, but top Democrats refused to listen.

The Prosecution of Julian Assange Absolutely Threatens Freedom of the Press

The Biden administration should abandon a course that could lead to the criminalization of whistleblowers and investigative journalism.

Who Are the Sons of Confederate Veterans?

A database of more than 57,000 names reveals members of a neo-Confederate group in the military, government, and academia.

How the Largest Union Fight of 2021 Was Won

The road to recognition was arduous for student researchers at the University of California.

Even in Blue States, Critical Race Theory Panic Is Spreading

The GOP has been relentlessly hammering on the issue since the last presidential election, viewing it as the party’s way back into suburban voters’ good graces.

This Year Disappointed on Climate. Fierce Accountability Journalism Can Help Save 2022.

“There is always hope. And the worst thing that journalists can possibly ever do is engender despair.”

PowerPoints

Joe dump. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of December 13.