Culture / September 21, 2023 Farewell to a Poor Bastard Joe Matt (1963–2023) made hilarious comedy of his own misery. Jeet Heer Ad Policy Joe Matt at San Diego Comic-Con in 2002. (courtesy of Drawn & Quarterly) It was impossible to love Joe Matt without also being intensely exasperated by him. The love and exasperation…
Anthony Freda Since 1946, this threat has endangered our planet. The post Atom Bombed appeared first on The Nation.
Politics / September 21, 2023 Will the GOP’s Hard Right Dismantle PEPFAR? The AIDS relief program is helping to keep some 20 million people alive in Africa. Now a group of Republicans wants to sabotage it. James North Ad Policy A courier collects HIV viral load samples at a rural health clinic funded by PEPFAR…
Politics / September 21, 2023 The GOP Turns the House Judiciary Committee Into an Absurdist Spectacle With a looming government shutdown, Republicans showcased their preferred use of resources: to hammer away at Merrick Garland. Chris Lehmann Ad Policy Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), left, and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are seen during a break in testimony by…
Culture / Books & the Arts / September 21, 2023 In the Country of the Blind A conversation with Andrew Leland about his provocative new book about vision loss, disability politics, and the ways in which blindness looms large in our cultural imagination. Rachel Kolb Ad Policy (Gregory Halpern / Penguin Random House) Like many…
World / September 21, 2023 When the Taliban Returned: One Womans Story of Survival Mehri Rezaee worked hard to attend the best universities, land a coveted job, and support herself and her family—only to lose everything when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021. As told to Amir Ahmadi Arian Ad Policy Taliban fighters…
Culture / September 20, 2023 German Like Me How an Afro-German TV series about the GDR’s first Black police officer became an international hit. Linda Mannheim Ad Policy Malick Bauer as Samuel Meffire in Sam: A Saxon. (Disney+) The first thing I did when I finished watching Sam: A Saxon was watch the whole series…
Harry Mena Guatemalan immigrants: life, work, joy. Sunset Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. The post Immigrant Pride appeared first on The Nation.
The Front Burner / September 20, 2023 Florida’s “War on Woke” Is Spurring a Brain Drain Thanks to Ron DeSantis’s education policies, the state is seeing an unprecedented exodus of teachers, professors, and college students. Kali Holloway Ad Policy Students during a Defend New College protest in Sarasota, Fla., on January 31, 2023. (Octavio Jones…
Culture / Books & the Arts / September 20, 2023 Disappearing Juries The rise of the plea bargain. Where Did the Juries Go? While jury trials might have afforded citizens the chance to witness—and even contest—the criminalization of the working class, plea bargains have allowed this criminalization to happen without their knowledge. Matthew Clair Ad…