McCarthyism Is Alive and Well With the “Nonprofit Killer” Bill
Today’s legislative efforts against the Palestine solidarity movement bear a striking resemblance to McCarthyism in both tactics and ideology.
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The Damned Settlers Have Got to Pay
With a modest budget but plenty of thrills involving spooky 19th-century ships, frozen wastelands, and ghouls from Nordic folktales, The Damned proudly carries on our Gothic horror revival.
LA Real Estate Lobbied to Develop in High-Risk Fire Areas
In California, policymakers have long warned that continued development in high-risk wildfire zones was magnifying fires. But real estate interests have lobbied hard against any development restrictions, helping exacerbate the fires raging in Los Angeles now.
Mike Marqusee Was One of the Left’s Great Culture Writers
It’s ten years since the death of Mike Marqusee, a brilliant socialist writer who tackled everything from the careers of Muhammad Ali and Bob Dylan to the politics of Zionism. Marqusee’s addictively readable work deserves to reach a new generation.
Donald Trump Is Making Canada Nationalistic Again
Donald Trump’s latest musings about annexing Canada have put Canadian right-wing populists in an awkward position. As Pierre Poilievre and Doug Ford embrace nationalistic rhetoric, they’re also hedging their bets to keep trade and defense ties intact.
It’s Not Looking Good at the National Labor Relations Board
The future of labor law has rarely looked so perilous for unions.
How Biden Embraced Trump’s Terror Smear Against Cuba
Four years ago today, Donald Trump baselessly put Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. As president, Joe Biden went along with the lie.
How Stephen Jay Gould Fought the Science Culture Wars
In the 1970s, a crop of books purporting to provide a scientific basis for gender inequality met sharp criticism from figures like Stephen Jay Gould. Decades later, these debates have fallen out of public memory, but right-wing pseudoscience persists.
What the Longshore Union Deal Means for Workers
The longshore strike that paralyzed East and Gulf Coast ports for three days last year produced big wage gains and expanded protections in an industry where jobs are constantly under threat of automation.
The NBA Is Jumping to Conclusions About Its Ratings Fall
A fall in NBA viewership has led pundits to ask whether the problem is that the league is too woke or shoots too many three-pointers. There is little evidence that these factors are to blame, but that hasn’t stopped conservatives from stoking a culture war.
The Anti-Communism That Fueled Jean-Marie Le Pen
After the Axis powers’ defeat in World War II, many former Nazis and Vichyites recycled themselves as anti-communists. Jean-Marie Le Pen sought to rally such forces with radicalized conservatives in a common front against the red peril.
The Video Game Industry Is Unionizing
This summer, World of Warcraft and Bethesda Game Studios workers joined the growing number of video game developers organizing with Communications Workers of America. We spoke with some of the workers and organizers who have been unionizing the industry.