Cuba One Year After the Protests
Twelve months after nationwide demonstrations galvanized by deep economic discontent, Cubans are still waiting for change.
William M. LeoGrandeHousing and Homelessness
Does Building Luxury Condos Create More Affordable Housing?
Brian Hanlon and Ned Resnikoff write that building market-rate housing lowers prices for everyone while John Washington and Tara Raghuveer argue that the private sector can’t fix itself.
Brian Hanlon, Ned Resnikoff, John Washington and Tara RaghuveerNuclear Arms and Proliferation
Biden’s NATO Summit Divides the World Into Hostile Camps
With the home front fatigued, the alliance expands in Europe and campaigns to curb China’s rise.
Michael T. KlareEurope
Boris Johnson’s Downfall Also Marks Brexit’s Final Act
A potent combination of sex, booze, and lies finally turned the British prime minister’s narcissism, contempt for truth, and blatant disregard for convention from personality traits into political liabilities.
Gary YoungePolitics
How Many Battalions Does the Left Have in New York State?
After a disastrous showing in last week’s Democratic primary, the state's institutional left looks weak and inconsequential.
Ross Barkan
Biden’s NATO Summit Divides the World Into Hostile Camps
With the home front fatigued, the alliance expands in Europe and campaigns to curb China’s rise.
Michael T. Klare
How the Supreme Court Became the Extreme Court
During the past 30 years, Republicans began stacking the court with a new kind of justice—the zealot who not only ignores precedent but ignores reality itself.
Elie Mystal and The Nation
Culture
A Different Kind of Trans Book: On Imogen Binnie’s “Nevada”
A classic of new trans lit, this novel wasn’t written to appease a non-trans readership.
McKenzie Wark
“The Kids in the Hall” Stands the Test of Time
In a recent reboot, the comedy troupe’s work remains as trenchant as ever.
Vikram Murthi
Elif Batuman Answers Our Burning Questions About the State of the Novel
A conversation about her new book Either/Or, the limits of aesthetic life, and much more.
Najwa JamalWorld
Boris Johnson’s Downfall Also Marks Brexit’s Final Act
A potent combination of sex, booze, and lies finally turned the British prime minister’s narcissism, contempt for truth, and blatant disregard for convention from personality traits into political liabilities.
Gary Younge
In Colombia and Chile, Latin America Is Returning to Democracy
But is the Biden administration listening?
Jacob Sugarman
After the G7 Summit, Germany’s Climate Envoy Says Rich Countries Are Still Falling Short
Jennifer Morgan is candid: G7 countries need to do more to halt the climate emergency and address the spike in world hunger.
Mark Hertsgaard
Watch and Listen
Listen: The Pink Tide’s Second Surge
Jeremy Adelman on the new strength of the Latin American left.
July 6, 2022
Listen: Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine
On this episode of Start Making Sense, we revisit the history of forced pregnancy under the slave regime in antebellum America, and speculate on how the war will end in Ukraine.
June 30, 2022
