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MAGA Is Coming for the WNBA

Alex Keeney Politico
The nation’s most prominent — and most politically active — women’s pro sports league is on a collision course with Donald Trump.

My Grandpa Was Two

Peter Neil Carroll
Stopping in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, during a trip along the Mississippi, historian and poet Peter Carroll contemplates the flow of time.

Riefenstahl Exposes the Nazis’ Favorite Filmmaker

An interview with Andres Veiel Jacobin
Darkly influential, the cinema of Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is a powerful blend of art and propaganda. She’s now the subject of a new documentary that wrestles with the question of the culpability of a talented artist working for a vile regi

The FDA May Change What Legally Counts As Orange Juice

Stacey Leasca Food & Wine
In response to the Florida Citrus Processors Association and Florida Citrus Mutual, the FDA is proposing to amend the standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice, in place for 6 decades, "to promote honesty and fair dealing for consumers."

Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is Peak Hypocrisy

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
After campaigning on ending censorship and cancel culture, Donald Trump is making the list of things you're not allowed to say in America longer and longer. ABC’s cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show signals that not even comedians are safe

Revolution

Lenore Weiss
Poet Lenore Weiss remembers what it was like to have heroes and hope.