Culture

NYC Under IKEA Law, Lead-Chugging Gladiators and Other Comics

December comics from Kirk Anderson, Tom Tomorrow, and Jen Sorensen.

Kirk Anderson, Tom Tomorrow and Jen Sorensen

Cultural Preservation as Resistance

A tribute concert for the late Lebanese artist Ziad Rahbani celebrates SWANA creativity and liberation.

Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel

Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey Wants You to Wake the F*ck Up

The Nazi-punching, union-supporting punk rocker who's setting an example in the Trump era.

Kim Kelly

Weathering Backlash with Care Infrastructure

The Highlander Nursery School’s free socialist early childhood education helped sustain the Southern labor movement. Here’s what we can learn.

Briana M. Bivens

The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

In a new biography, Susana M. Morris reflects on the devolution of American empire through the lens of Butler’s life

Aina Marzia

New Book Helps Organizers Become Better Lovers and Comrades

Dean Spade joins Eman Abdelhadi to discuss how we can balance our intimate relationships with our political work.

Jane Houseal, Eman Abdelhadi and Dean Spade

Cartoonists Band Together for Palestine

A new anthology brings more than 60 artists together to dream of a free Palestine.

Daniel Lukes

New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released

With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.

Caroleine James

A Beautiful Rendering of Working-Class Life, Warts and All

In his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong depicts the meeting of New England’s newer low-wage immigrant working class and its older industrial working class.

Steve Early

After Narrowly Surviving the LA Wildfires, This Recovery Center Has Become a Trans Refuge

Raging wildfires and cuts from the Trump administration haven't stopped Serenity House from providing a haven for its LGBTQ patients.

Jireh Deng

Meet the Artists Confronting Trump’s Culture Cuts

As federal support for the arts disappears, these creatives are turning identity and protest into their medium.

Xintian Tina Wang

Photography in Protest

Redeat Wondemu’s 10-year Modern Muse project honors the resilience of Ethiopian women across continents.

Amelia Parenteau

Queer Folks Mobilize for Palestine

Queer organizers rallied against drag bans and continue to do the same for Palestine

Henry Hicks IV

The Burning Heart of the World Follows an Armenian Family in Exile

Released on the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War and the 110th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, this heartfelt book weaves humor and love into a wartime coming-of-age story.

Eleanor J. Bader

"I feared the door. Someone coming to take my parents away."

Poetry in <i>We Contain Landscapes</i> spotlights a child of formerly undocumented Polish immigrants.

Patrycja Humienik

These Black Bookstores Are Committed to the Fight for Freedom

Featuring a new foreword by the late Nikki Giovanni and interviews with Marc Lamont Hill and rapper Noname, Prose to the People spotlights the unyielding resilience of Black bookstores.

Katie Mitchell

Chicago Embraces The Pillowman

With this year marking the 10th anniversary of Chicago’s Reparations Ordinance, longtime friends bring a cautionary tale to the stage.

Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel

From Ruins to Renaissance: Syrian Artists Reclaim Freedom After Assad

Following more than five decades of repression under the Assad regime, these artists are seizing the moment of cultural revival.

Alessandra Bajec