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How an Anti-War Statement Made DSA a Target

Everyone from Fox News to the White House has denounced the socialist organization for its statement opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Aída Chávez

Higher Education

When Railing Against Cancel Culture Is About Railing Against Accountability

A speech by Andrew Cuomo and an article by a college student suggest what’s really behind the lamentations about “left-wing censorship.”

Elie Mystal
War and Peace

Nothing Scares Putin More Than Informed Russians

The Russian anti-war movement is powered by information, so Putin is attacking independent media.

John Nichols
Politics

The Stormy Daniels You Haven’t Heard Before

In conversation with the adult film doyenne on porn, feminism, and identity.

Alexis Grenell
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War in Ukraine

A crowd of people in winter coats climbs a staircase

Ukrainians Fleeing War Fight to Survive on the Rails

As millions escape Russian invasion, train stations have become terrifying bottlenecks.

John Bolger

China’s Ukraine Dilemma

While Beijing has declined to condemn Russia, the government has little interest in sticking its neck out for Putin.

Han Zhang

Nothing Scares Putin More Than Informed Russians

The Russian anti-war movement is powered by information, so Putin is attacking independent media.

John Nichols

Politics

DSA

How an Anti-War Statement Made DSA a Target

Everyone from Fox News to the White House has denounced the socialist organization for its statement opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Aída Chávez
Religious Objectors to LGBTQ Equality Will Return to the Supreme Court

Religious Objectors to LGBTQ Equality Will Return to the Supreme Court

Advocates will ask the court to protect faith-based objections to laws they find objectionable through the First Amendment’s Free Speech clause.

Katherine Franke
Greg Casar Texas

Are Latino Voters Actually Fleeing the Democratic Party?

In Texas, unapologetically progressive Latinx candidates saw victories across the state, contradicting the claims of an exodus from the Democratic Party.

Steve Phillips

Culture

The Practical Politics of Police Abolition

The Practical Politics of Police Abolition

In Becoming an Abolitionist, Derecka Purnell examines how one cannot separate putting an end to policing from broader struggles for freedom.

Matthew Clair
My Norman Mailer Problem—and Ours

My Norman Mailer Problem—and Ours

Digging down into the roots of white America’s infatuation with Black.

Darryl Pinckney
The New Politics of Desire

The New Politics of Desire

In her new book, the philosopher Amia Srinivasan asks: “What would it take for sex really to be free?” 

Maggie Doherty

World

A Chinese flag hangs from a gate

China’s Ukraine Dilemma

While Beijing has declined to condemn Russia, the government has little interest in sticking its neck out for Putin.

Han Zhang
A crowd of people in winter coats climbs a staircase

Ukrainians Fleeing War Fight to Survive on the Rails

As millions escape Russian invasion, train stations have become terrifying bottlenecks.

John Bolger
The Unknown Oligarch Fighting for an Endless Korean War

The Unknown Oligarch Fighting for an Endless Korean War

Follow the money fomenting conflict on the Korean Peninsula, and all roads lead to Honolulu.

Eli Clifton

Watch and Listen

Listen: Putin’s War: What Is to Be Done?

Katrina vanden Heuvel on Ukraine, plus Elie Mystal on the Constitution.

March 10, 2022

Listen: Hunter S. Thompson’s Sporting Life

Author Pete Richardson joins the show to talk about his new book, Savage Journey.

March 1, 2022

Listen: Canadian Truckers: a Working-Class Protest?

Jeet Heer on the "Freedom Convoy," plus Amy Wilentz on Paul Farmer.

February 24, 2022
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