What Bernie Sanders Taught Democrats About Labor Solidarity
The senator is back on the front lines—rallying this time with Amazon workers in Alabama. And lots of top Democrats are joining him.
John NicholsWorld
How Can Biden End Our Forever Wars? Here’s a Road Map.
Ending America’s endless wars should be a top priority. These three concrete steps could get us closer.
Karen J. GreenbergGuns and Gun Control
The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time
Weakened and bankrupt, the NRA is no longer the insurmountable wall it once was.
Shannon WattsJails and Prisons
Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba
A conversation about how the pandemic has raised the stakes for the abolition movement, collective care, and a world without prisons.
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March 26, 2021 LGBTQ Activism
Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights
March 26, 2021
A Turtle’s Life Cycle?
March 26, 2021 War and Peace
Daniel Ellsberg Isn't Stopping Now
March 26, 2021
The Night the Nazis Came to Murder My Grandfather
Politics
Fire Louis DeJoy!
Removing the postmaster general is necessary to save the Postal Service, and Biden has the authority to begin the process.
John Nichols
The Supreme Court May Be About to Blast Another Hole in Gun Control
As the country reels from two mass shootings in a single week, the Supreme Court is considering taking on a case that could vastly expand gun “rights.”
Elie Mystal
Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated.
It’s tough to call for a SCOTUS resignation just so a president can nominate a replacement. But given the GOP’s ruthlessness over the past five years, it’s tough not to.
Joan Walsh
World
Gangs Rule the Streets of Jovenel Moïse’s Haiti
A whole country has been kidnapped by a bloodthirsty, money-hungry cabal. And how does the US State Department respond? By calling for “dialogue.”
Amy Wilentz
Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights
After a newly appointed university official dissolved Bogazici University’s LGBTI+ club in January, students across the country launched a nationwide protest movement.
Rafael Logroño
Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust
Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill.
Nanjala Nyabola
Culture
The Future of Postcolonial Thought
A pair of books—one by Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh, another by Achille Mbembe—consider the unfulfilled promise of decolonization.
Arjun Appadurai
Judas and the Black Messiah’s Stark Binaries
A new biopic of Fred Hampton poses a question: Will a film ever capture the radical spirit of the Black Panthers?
Stephen Kearse
The Untold History of Freedom
A new book charts the tension between individual and collective notions of liberty.
Tyler StovallWatch and Listen
Listen: Sports Media’s Dance With Misogyny
Julie DiCaro joins the show to talk about her new book on misogyny in sports media.
March 23, 2021
View: Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World
But activists say the law fails to address the widespread pain that decades of militarized enforcement have caused.
February 25, 2021
