The Speaker and the Ironworker
Sarah Jaffe interviews Randy Bryce, ironworker, veteran, dad, cancer survivor—and Paul Ryan’s opponent in the 1st Congressional district.
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Scarborough, Fair
June 27, 2017
As Joe sings to Mika, “Look at the signs, these are terrible times.” Listening to the tortured-yet-bouncy testimony of Mystified, I believe.
Damage and Control
Earlier this month, America woke up to another mass shooting. The venue was a baseball field where members of the House GOP were practicing for the Congressional baseball game that was to be held that Friday. The target—or one of them at least—was House Majority whip ...
Waiting for Bitcoin
June 26, 2017
Bitcoin was never meant for the world; the world was meant to be refashioned in its image.
Anxiety Dream
June 26, 2017
We are fumbling around, trying to work out the role that sleep plays in a prosperous life.
Weekly Bafflements
June 23, 2017
Will the revolution start at the mall?
Regular contributor Sarah Jaffe takes an in-depth look at the oft-ignored retail sector. Dismissed as temporary and low-skilled, it may come as a surprise that retail workers are leading the charge on labor rights.
No, we can’t all get ...
A Great, Soulless Get
June 23, 2017
Doughty conservative talk-radio eminence Hugh Hewitt has finally found a cable news suitor willing to formally put a ring on his finger.
After the Fire
June 23, 2017
It feels like a potential tipping point—where public opinion finally catches up with brutal reality.
We Are All at the Table Together
Sarah Jaffe interviews Autumn Zemke, co-chair of Northern Nevada Working Families Party.
Techies and Tankies
Corey Pein discusses tankies with Michael Brooks and all things life-extending with Elmo Keep.
Sail Trimmers
For the Atlantic, actual political agency, it seems, is a lesser virtue than the civic jolt proffered by a “mediating function.”
Juneteenth, From Atlanta to Oakland
To mark the day, and its unfulfilled promises, a group of organizers planned a day of action: of reclaiming vacant land, forty acres in forty cities to be precise.