The ICC prosecutor takes the radical step of applying a consistent standard to both Israel and Hamas. No wonder U.S. political elites are horrified: if no one is exempt from following international law, what does that mean for our own war crimes?
The journalism professor on what he saw at Columbia and what viruses and crises illuminate about the structure of society.
When profit is the bottom line, functionality and human enjoyment do not matter.
Today, wealthy capitalists want to strip-mine the wonders of outer space for their own greed and vanity. Voyager offers another way.
Karl Marx’s home life was a hot mess. Jordan Peterson can’t keep his room clean. So what?
A horrendous alt-right influencer who encouraged “traditional” gender roles realized that practicing what she preached made her feel enslaved.
Student protesters were right about Vietnam. They’re right about Palestine today.
The government uses a shifting definition of ‘terrorism’ as a tool to stifle dissent and protect elite interests.
The New York Times columnist encourages protesters to stop atrocities by, uh, studying abroad.
Mandating that animals should suffer is cruel and benefits no one, except the ranchers whose profits Florida is trying to protect.
Leading economics writer Grace Blakeley explains why the way people talk about free markets is completely wrong.
The New York Times advice column, where snitching liberal busybodies come to seek absolution, is more than a mere annoyance. In limiting our ethical considerations to tricky personal situations and dilemmas, it directs our thinking away from the larger structural injustices of our time.
Can the United States apply consistent standards to pro-Palestine protesters as it does to protecting speech in favor of our country’s violence? No, it doesn’t seem like we can.
Journalist Josie Cox on what the women’s movement fought for and won—and the renewed reactionary threats of our time.
It’s frighteningly easy for those who want peace to blunder into a war. In the age of nuclear weapons, we need to understand how this happens so that we make sure we are not creating a catastrophe.
The labor organizer and writer is approaching the end of her life. She leaves behind vital organizing lessons that will reverberate over the next decades.
Journalist Zoë Schiffer on the downward spiral of an extremely influential platform.
Israel knows that its assault on Gaza is inflicting mass civilian death and starvation but claims that these outcomes are not its ‘intention.’ But when you know the consequences of your actions, what difference do intentions make?
Tracking down facts requires navigating a labyrinth of paywalls and broken links.
No, ‘Western society’ has not fallen from some mythic elevated past. But such right-wing views are appealing, and the left needs an answer to them if we want to avoid being pushed back into traditional hierarchies.
The institution is unjust, anti-democratic, and just plain silly. Fortunately, there’s a solution.
