Hulk Hogan Was a Very Bad Man
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.
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Dangerous Heat Waves Are a Workers’ Rights Issue
In the UK, Labour is advancing the Employment Rights Bill, a rare positive intervention from this government. One of its greatest flaws is that it lacks provisions to ensure worker safety in very hot weather.
8,000 Indiana Kroger Workers Vote Down Contract a Second Time
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 700, representing 8,000 Kroger retail workers in Indiana, voted earlier this month to reject a tentative agreement for a second time. The vote opens a path for the union to potentially strike the grocery giant.
Why Should We Worry About Declining Birth Rates?
Declining birth rates around the world may pose new challenges for humanity. A new book on the topic by Elon Musk–funded economists indulges in questionable philosophy and sci-fi speculation that fails to shed much light on this important topic.
India’s Cities Are Being Turned Into Hindutva Theme Parks
Narendra Modi’s government has launched major schemes of urban transformation in cities like Ayodhya. Behind the rhetoric of development and modernity lurks a crude Hindu nationalist chauvinism that’s seeking to erase the messy pluralism of urban life.
Building Trades Unions Are Split in Their Response to Trump
The Trump administration is attacking jobs and wages in the building trades, as well as the rights of immigrant workers. Building trades unions have been divided over whether to try to curry favor with the president or confront the attacks head-on.
The New Cold War Is Exposing Europe’s Fault Lines
Faced with the return of great power rivalry between the US and China and its own economic stagnation, the European Union seems as divided as ever.
The Undeniable Greatness of Jaws
Jaws is rightly celebrated as a landmark, generation-defining hit. But it’s not sufficiently recognized as a great 1970s film, exemplifying that rocky decade’s political ire, acerbic social critique, and the lingering practices of realist cinema movements.
The Homelessness Crisis Is a Crisis of Democracy
Homelessness is often thought of either as an issue of individual moral failings or merely of bad policy. It should instead be seen as a moral crisis for our democracy, one that demands transformative economic reforms.
The Feds Keep Changing Their Story About the Epstein Files
The Department of Justice keeps changing its story about documents related to the politically connected sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, offering contradictory reasons for refusing to release the files.
The Working-Class Trump Voters Who Can Still Be Won
Despite what Democrats say, working-class support for Donald Trump is complicated and nuanced. Some could never be won over to a populist economic program. Others, though, are still reachable — and there are just enough of them to win elections.
Zohran Mamdani vs. Donald Trump
It’s clear that Donald Trump will aim to make governance as difficult as possible for Zohran Mamdani’s potential New York City mayoralty. But Mamdani has a range of options available to counter the president’s attacks.