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What Succession Teaches Us About Capitalism

The HBO hit series reminds us capitalism cannot be reformed, it must be destroyed.

Yasmin Nair

InterviewCulture

Jail Support Won't Stop Until Everyone Is Free

"Until the jails go away, we're staying."

Hana Urban

InterviewCulture

Meet the New Queer Archive Creating a Home for Trans Films

While trans rights are under attack globally, Otherness Archive is creating a revolutionary space for artists that shows their “full, glorious complexity.”

Meggie Gates and Hana Urban

Culture

From Illinois to Tennessee, Drag Performers are Resisting Anti-Trans Legislation

An explosion of bans on drag performance and gender-affirming care have surged nationwide. The community is fighting back.

Henry Hicks IV

Culture

Succession Series Finale: Here Be No Monsters

On Succession and the mobility of capitalism.

Yasmin Nair

Culture

Even Breathing Is Strange: Reflections on the Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder

A poem and essay on black motherhood—and life.

Cassie Williams

InterviewCulture

“I Think I’m Done Striving”: Delia Cai Against the American Dream

After writing her debut novel, the Central Places author turns her ambitions to her community

Jireh Deng

InterviewCulture

Jorts The Cat Wants You To Fight Back

We sat down with the labor movement’s favorite feline to talk about intersectional power, using Twitter for organizing and how his co-workers keep him from falling into the trash.

Aparna Gopalan

Culture

"The poem refuses to be a good worker"

José Olivarez and Antonio Salazar use poetry and photography to dive into the nuances of their Mexican American experience.

José Olivarez and Antonio Salazar

LaborCulture

The Hard Head and Wild Heart of Barbara Ehrenreich

Revisiting Nickel and Dimed, Dancing in the Streets, and many more of the late author's groundbreaking books.

Sarah Jaffe

DispatchCulture

Slaying the Gold-Hungry Dragon

D&D players won an epic victory against corporate power. Here’s how they did it.

Rohan Montgomery

Culture

A Community Archive Documents Decades of Radical Activism Against Police Brutality

A look at Interference Archive's “Defend / Defund” exhibit.

Rohan Montgomery

Culture

Why Movements Need to Start Singing Again

Organizers are rediscovering how song culture can help lead the way to social change.

Paul Engler

Culture

What Does Collectivist Art Look Like?

In 2022, collectives from the Global South took over the world’s most prestigious art show, and the backlash was swift.

Panthea Lee

Culture

When Cops Tell You Who They Are, Listen

A cartoonist illustrates police union leaders’ statements, in their own words.

Johnny Damm

Culture

Golden on Learning How to Live as a Black, Queer and Trans Artist from the South

“There’s so much politicizing of trans lives and at the heart of it, I just want to wear my dress.”

Sherell Barbee

Culture

Halloween and the Horrors of Capitalism

When have you ever seen a poor vampire?

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Israel & PalestineCulture

In The Face of Lifelong Terror, Gaza Speaks Truth To Power

A Palestinian asked how many deaths will be enough. He was recently killed.

Refaat Alareer

Culture

An Iranian Artist in Exile Turns Her Camera to the West

Shirin Neshat explores how the government invades our dreams.

Matt A. Hanson

Culture

Frustrated With #GirlBoss Feminism? Look to Eastern European History

In Red Valkyries Kristen Ghodsee interrogates the false promise of liberal feminism.

Brianna Di Monda

Culture

HBO's DMZ Fails to Invent a Truly Revolutionary Society

The miniseries stars Rosario Dawson in a depoliticized dystopia

Devyn Springer

Culture

Chris Hayes on the Cost of Sanctions on Iraq

Sixteen years ago, Chris Hayes weighed the impact sanctions had on the lives of Iraqis. What lessons can we glean from this today?

Christopher Hayes

Culture

A New Podcast Opens Portals Into Queer History

"Unboxing Queer History" straddles space and time to explore LGBTQ narratives—from lesbian smelt fishing to gay liberation.

Isabel Carter

Culture

How Deindustrialization Shaped My Working-Class Family

And why it took my father 40 years to see the ocean

Lauren Celenza