Will Demi Lovato’s Sexual Assault Revelations Finally Put a Dent in Disney’s...
In the new docuseries Dancing With the Devil: The Art of Starting Over, which airs on Demi Lovato’s YouTube channel today and precedes the release of her new album on April 2, the singer and actor...
View ArticleBanning Chicken Cages Won’t Make Eggs Humane
“A victory for animals.” That’s what philosopher Peter Singer, a luminary of the animal protection movement, called it last week when Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed into law Bill 147, which...
View ArticleBiden Was Half-Right About His Power Over Republicans
In the early days of the presidential campaign in 2019, long before the pandemic and the George Floyd protests and the insurrection at the Capitol, President Joe Biden praised two former senators, both...
View ArticleSaying Never Again to the Violence in Atlanta Means Saying No to More Policing
The confessed Atlanta mass shooter, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s office, described his targets as “an outlet.” As police put it in a statement, he told them the crimes were “not racially...
View ArticleThe Biden Administration Needs Lisa Murkowski
Late Monday, Politico reported that Senator Lisa Murkowski, one of a handful of Republicans in the chamber who can be counted on in close confirmation votes, nixed the Biden administration’s desired...
View ArticlePaleo Con
“They must be the most contented people in the world.” This is how the 1980 comedy The Gods Must Be Crazy introduces the San peoples of the Kalahari Desert, better known as the Bushmen. They eke out a...
View ArticleThe Most Important Thing Democrats Can Do With Their Power Is Protect the Vote
It should be clear by now that the 117th Congress will go down as one of the most consequential Congresses in modern American history. Reasonable people can disagree on precisely why. Some have...
View ArticleLove and Humiliation Are Inseparable in Acts of Desperation
When Ari Aster’s breakup fantasia Midsommar was first released in 2019, many women I knew cited one of its earliest scenes as a particularly traumatizing moment—namely, a protracted argument between...
View ArticleHow the Top 0.01 Percent Became America’s Criminal Class
“We don’t pay taxes,” the hotel magnate and 1980s “queen of mean” Leona Helmsley famously said. “Only the little people pay taxes.” That Helmsley would go on to spend 21 months in the slammer for tax...
View ArticleWhy the Media Wants a Crisis at the Border
On Sunday, ABC’s This Week sent its weekly roundtable—excuse me, its Powerhouse Roundtable—on a field trip to the U.S.-Mexico border. It’s possible that a Sunday show has never looked more striking:...
View ArticleThe Fracking Shill Local Newspapers Love to Publish
“If we hit our CO2 targets and every one of us are living in abject poverty, is that really how you really want to live?” Greg Kozera is making his pro-fracking case to me. Later in our phone call,...
View ArticleThe Exaggeration of “Burnout” in America
I bet you’re burned out after enduring a full year of the Covid-19 pandemic. If you have kids, you’re probably trying to teach them at home, either between work shifts out in the world or while sharing...
View ArticleAudre Lorde Broke the Silence
“Is it possible to be a black lesbian writer and live to tell about it?” asked budding writer and scholar Barbara Smith at the 1976 convention of the Modern Language Association. Among those in...
View ArticleBiden’s Worrying Reluctance to Confront Saudi Arabia
Days before the sixth anniversary of its devastating military intervention in Yemen, which began on March 25, 2015, the Saudi government offered a ceasefire to its enemies, the Houthi rebels....
View ArticleThe Amazon Union Vote is Ending in Bessemer. Workers Are Already Preparing...
The Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, is 885,000 square feet of shiny new construction. Signs painted on the windows in bursts of green, red, yellow greet workers at the main entrance with the...
View ArticleThe Obscure Supreme Court Case That Could Radically Redefine Police Powers
Why is the United States so reliant on police officers for basic social services? What societal roles do cops fill other than investigating crimes, arresting suspects, and patrolling communities? And...
View ArticleWhy Is Chuck Schumer Protecting the Rich From Flood Insurance Hikes?
As last week was winding to a close, The New York Times reported on an odd instance of power brokering by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Ahead of a planned April 1 rollout, the New York senator...
View ArticleWhy Are Freelancers Organizing Against the PRO Act?
Shortly after the House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a sweeping labor-law reform bill, on March 9, freelance writers began expressing concerns about the bill,...
View ArticleThe Nail-Biting Story of Obamacare
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A Democratic president takes power amid a national crisis, his power bolstered by Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. The economy is in the tubes,...
View ArticleThe New Republic Names Michael Tomasky as Top Editor
New York, NY (March 25, 2021)—The New Republic announced today it has tapped Michael Tomasky as its top editor. The iconic liberal news, commentary, and opinion outlet also announced that a majority...
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