Iranian-American poet Esther Kamkar has lived in both Iran and Israel. Rather than split herself in two, she strives to knit her warring halves together.
If denial of collective self-determination of a people is a sin of the modern age, as Israeli defenders often repeat, what of the self-determination of Palestinians? Palestinian violence falls and rises when the hopes for autonomy...[are] crushed...
In his caustic critique of identity politics, Williams ends up condemning every kind of collective action.
Ari Aster’s new film, Eddington, pulls no punches against the Right or the Left. Yet its message is anything but moderate.
One Love Community, which offers free food for neighbors in need, operates 10 community fridges and supports 30 partner fridges in NY and Seattle, with LA and Atlanta to follow soon.
Hulk Hogan, who died this week at age 71, was the most important professional wrestler who ever lived. He was also a terrible human being.
Ukanian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky examines the way complicity with an authoritarian regime can corrupt a whole society.
Labor
"This administration wants to break the spirit of working people in this country, but we will not be broken," said National Nurses United.
The federal work force, like much of the country, is in a do-or-die moment. As federal unions engage in lengthy legal battles, the growing Federal Unionists Network has provided a fulcrum for rank-and-file members who don’t want to wait to resist.
Trump’s “populist” policy is backed by the National Restaurant Association—probably because it won’t stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage.
Deporting immigrants will lead to job loss for immigrants - but as Ben Zipperer shows in work for the Economic Policy Institute, almost as many native-born workers could lose their jobs as deported immigrants as industries contract.
The longtime farm labor activist gets candid about the fallout from Trump’s deportation efforts.
Italy’s small textile firms have long been considered nearly impossible to organize. But a recent wave of successful simultaneous strikes is expanding possibilities for Italy’s hyperexploited immigrant workforce.
Also, JD Vance is a spoiled baby emperor.
Kronos Quartet, with singer-songwriter Allison Russell, perform a new version of Dylan's Hard Rain at the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Residents say it's a ghost town and the local economy is hurting. Why? ICE raids on shops and factories have left workers too scared to go outside.
Biting satire to minimalist guitar
Researchers put forward a bold new law of nature — one that could explain how everything in the universe evolves, from atoms, minerals and stars to living cells, ecosystems and even human civilization
Tom Lehrer (April 9, 1928 – July 26, 2025) was a satirical song writer and mathematics teacher, whose biting commentary is still eerily and sadly relevant. Read the full obituary.
A careful analysis of the newly released surveillance footage from Jeffrey Epstein’s jail the night of his death, and a comparison with the claims in the official report.
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