Cedric Robinson’s Radical Democracy
Rejecting the resignation of the 1970s and ’80s, Robinson found hope and resistance in the ruins of the American city.
Jared LogginsEducation
A Michigan Legislator Shows How to Shred GOP's Hateful Politics
Mallory McMorrow’s address is one that Democrats would do well to study as they prepare for the 2022 midterm elections.
John NicholsEnvironment
The Global South Is Calling for Climate Reparations
Wealthy nations have largely driven global warming, but it is felt most in countries that have contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions.
OlĂşfĂ©mi O. TáĂwò and Patrick BiggerWorld
Daniel Ellsberg on the Existential Threat of Global Conflict
“As the world has correctly perceived, this has the seeds of a regional nuclear war and all-out war between the US and Russia.”
Sasha AbramskyCelebrating Earth Day
The Global South Is Calling for Climate Reparations
Wealthy nations have largely driven global warming, but it is felt most in countries that have contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions.
OlĂşfĂ©mi O. TáĂwò and Patrick BiggerShrinking the Economy to Save the World
The degrowth movement argues that the only way toward an ecologically sustainable world is to redirect economies away from market imperatives.
Kyle PaolettaPress Freedom Is an Essential Climate Solution
The climate emergency demands more and louder coverage—and that journalists be free to provide it.
Giles TrendlePolitics
McConnell and McCarthy Are Craven Trump Bootlickers, Part Infinity
A New York Times “scoop” confirms what we already knew: The GOP leaders blamed Trump for January 6 and wanted him gone—but then caved.
Joan Walsh
Jared Kushner’s Saudi Side-Hustle Merits a Full-On Criminal Inquiry
Elizabeth Warren has called on the DOJ to investigate how Trump’s son-in-law secured a $2 billion investment from a fund headed by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince.
John Nichols
Wearing Down Joe Manchin and His Fossil Fuel Allies
As a veteran climate and social justice activist, I see our side finally beginning to turn the tide.
Ted Glick
Culture
The New York Times Book Review at a Crossroads
What does the future hold for one of United States’ oldest literary institutions?
Kyle Paoletta
Cedric Robinson’s Radical Democracy
Rejecting the resignation of the 1970s and ’80s, Robinson found hope and resistance in the ruins of the American city.
Jared Loggins
The Many Lives of Billy Wilder
From Galicia to Berlin to Paris and eventually to Hollywood, the prolific director and screenwriter never let go of what proved to be his most formative experience: being in a state of exile.
Noah IsenbergWorld
This Is How We End the War in Ukraine
It’s time to finally deliver a bill to Vladimir Putin for a foreign policy that has involved little more than flattening one hapless city after another
Alfred McCoy
The Rank Opportunism of Emmanuel Macron
How the French president stumbled into a legitimacy crisis.
Harrison Stetler
Wheelchair Users Block the Seoul Subway as the Right Takes Power
The hostility of the conservative party has pushed the disability-rights movement to the center of a larger fight for minority groups in South Korea.
Lee Hyun ChoiNation Voices
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Listen: Gustavo Arellano on the Sheriff vs. Black LA, and Michele Goodwin on Ketanji Brown Jackson
The LA Times columnist comes on our podcast to discuss deputies' war on Los Angeles's Black community.
April 14, 2022
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April 7, 2022
