Where There’s No Justice…

There can be no peace.

Stephen Sondheim’s Art

Despite beginning his career at the end of musical theater’s golden age, Sondheim helped bring the form to its artistic zenith.

Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy?

Perhaps the pandemic has given us an opportunity to rethink which goods are so “critical” that we’re willing to let other people risk their lives to provide them for us.

The Hindu Right and Attacks on Academic Freedom in the US

Every scholar who conducts research on India is aware that their publications are probably being monitored—and that taking a critical position can lead to threats, beatings, and even murder.

If You Fund the Research, You Can Shape the World

Before the Koch brothers, Standard Oil realized the power of universities to spread its free-market ideology and prevent the growth of socialism.

Ron Johnson's War on Free and Fair Elections

As Senator Ron Johnson prepares for an expected 2022 reelection run, he wants to restructure how elections are conducted.

Many Southern Hospitals Already Deny Pregnant Patients Abortions

Things will only get worse for patients in Mississippi and around the country should the Supreme Court rule in favor of the states with extreme abortion bans.

Enes Kanter Freedom: The NBA Authoritarian Against Authoritarianism

By attacking LeBron James and appearing on Tucker Carlson’s show, the NBA player has taken his causes and delivered them into the arms of the right wing.

The Fog After the Storm

The effects of a hurricane don’t end when the wind stops blowing.

For Once, Hats Off to “The New York Times”

The paper of record may be guilty of milquetoast politics, but credit is due for its brave exposure of a US war crime.

Fly, Pelican, Fly

What’s this all about? Let’s do a list. Die is last. Dawn is first. Underneath it all, the sea tries to say the sea is all there really is. Fly, pelican, fly. It’s not enough to love. Not even to die is enough. Shouldn’t we somehow learn to live...

Women Are Changing the Look of Leadership

Our visual understanding of power has always been male-coded.

The Staggeringly High Price of a Prison Phone Call

It’s outrageous that a billion-dollar industry exists based on skimming profits from some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Judy Collins Remembers Stephen Sondheim

The singer and activist writes about discovering the “amazing, creative, thunderous force” of Sondheim’s music.

Deleting Critical American History

The whitewashing of our past.

Protests Against Sexual Violence Have Overtaken College Campuses

This fall, student movements have formed at schools across the country to remove Betsy DeVos’s Title IX amendment and end the continual abuse by fraternity members.

Should We Trust Thomas Bach About the Safety of Peng Shuai?

Chinese Olympian Peng Shuai disappeared after accusing a top party official of sexual assault. She reemerged after weeks to call… IOC President Thomas Bach?

Brittany Ramos DeBarros Took on the War Machine. Now She’s Running for Congress.

Can an anti-war ex–Army officer defeat a centrist Dem and a Trumpian Republican in New York City’s most conservative district?

The Christian Legal Army Behind the Ban on Abortion in Mississippi

The Alliance Defending Freedom has been laying the groundwork to end legal abortion for years. But that’s just the beginning.

Paperwork Keeps People Poor

It would be a huge mistake for Democrats to embrace harsh work requirements once again.