Bernie Sanders on the Corporate Threat to American Democracy

In a press conference, the senator focused on the “wealthy and powerful special interests” spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to defeat the Democratic spending bill.

The Grotesque and Sublime Transformations of “Titane”

Julia Ducournau’s surreal horror film is a harrowing exploration of the body and technology.

A Candidate for Mixtecos in California’s Republican Heartland

In the city of Madera, Elsa Mejia is running for a seat on the city council as the first Indigenous Mexican migrant candidate.

NY State’s Redistricting Might Just Save Joe Biden’s Presidency

Though the state continues to lose population, in the zero-sum game of American politics subtraction could work in the Democrats’ favor next year.

Modest Reforms Won't Bring Us a Green Revolution

If the Green New Deal passes, we must ensure large-scale environmental transformation—and that the economic gains it brings are distributed to all.

Texas

Anti-abortion policies are putting women’s lives at risk.

The Buffalo Hospital Strike Is the Latest in a New Wave of Labor Unrest

A stressed health care system pushed to the breaking point by the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked renewed action by labor unions across the country.

Tucker Carlson’s Nightly Toxicity Is Poisoning His Brain

His latest racist rant about the “Great Replacement theory” was particularly unhinged.

Biden Should Be Selling His Plan, Not Compromising Away Its Promise

Instead of downsizing his infrastructure plan to appease Manchin and Sinema, the president should rally the people to defeat corporate greed.

Rethink, Not Reform

Visualizing a just system.

A Massive Fail on Crime Reporting by “The New York Times,” NPR

Sensational stories about a “spike” in murders offer a model of how not to cover criminal justice.

The Gates Foundation Avoids a Reckoning on Race and Power

Can philanthropy decolonize? Only if wealthy donors grapple with the difference between giving away money and actually sharing power.

Closing Rikers Island Is a Matter of Life and Death

Isaabdul Karim wasn’t sentenced to death. In fact, he was never sentenced at all.

Stephen Breyer Is Getting Paid to Play Hamlet

Rather than retiring, the justice is milking his moment in the sun—publishing a book, giving interviews, and defending his decision not to step down.

Russian Journalist Anna Politkovskaya Was Killed 15 Years Ago

Her fierce dedication to truth-telling inspires a new generation.

Did the Constitution Pave the Way to Emancipation?

In his new book, The Crooked Path to Abolition, James Oakes argues that the Constitution was an antislavery document.

Anthony Veasna So’s Portraits of Diaspora

His posthumous collection Afterparties is part of a new wave of writing on the cultural memory and historical traumas of Southeast Asian immigrants. 

Somebody Should Probably Do Something

But why break tradition, you know?

Eric Williams and the Tangled History of Capitalism and Slavery

The historian and politician helped transform how several generations understood 18th- and 19th-century history.

The Expansive Feminism of Jacqueline Rose

Rose’s latest book, On Violence and On Violence Against Women, is a rigorous and capacious study of contemporary gender politics and solidarity.