2023 State Legislative Preview
11 things to watch at the state level this year
11 issues and trends to keep an eye on in 2023....
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If Republicans Can’t Elect a Speaker, What Else Can’t They Do?
Kevin McCarthy’s epic fail reveals Nancy Pelosi’s legacy to the Democratic Party
Nancy Pelosi’s greatest strength as a liberal was in her mastery of the possible while at the same time accommodating dissenters, idealists, and change-makers to this fact of life. This is what she taught her caucus....
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January 6 Voting Rally in DC
A photo essay
Last September, right-wing rallies demanded “Justice for J6.” Last week, left-wing rallies were held on January 6 in support of democracy....
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Interference Archive Traces the History of Racist Policing in America
Defend/Defund, a welcome new exhibit at Interference Archive, through January 29
The exhibition is in part a response to George Floyd’s murder, and of Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, and Philando Castile before him. But its scope is much broader. Hung on just about every wall are posters, newspapers, pamphlets, zines, and even buttons that catalog the long history of negative police ...
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Statewide Democratic Candidates Rally in Brooklyn
A photo essay
The Democratic candidates for all five of New York’s statewide offices on the 2022 ballot rallied the troops in downtown Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon before election day. They were all incumbents seeking re-election. ...
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Historic Women’s Rally in NYC Five Days Before the Election
A photo essay
Seven top Democratic women and one man spoke at a Women’s Vote rally at Barnard College on November 3. All but one were New York elected officials. Many were “firsts” in their jobs. The sheer number of women officials was historic by itself. This rally illustrated that having many women ...
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Can Art Reimagine Freedom of Speech?
Curators Carin Kuoni and Laura Raicovich discuss Studies into Darkness
Building up to the Trump presidency in the U.S. and, at the same time, coinciding with the rise of authoritarian regimes in democracies in Europe, Hungary, and Italy years prior to that, it seemed very important to look at the Right and its complete embrace of freedom of speech in ...
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The Art of Contemplating Justice
An excerpt from Studies into Darkness: The Perils and Promise of Free Speech
When you look at any crime, it is investigated by an agency, the police, or the criminal justice system of any society. The process of justice is based on an investigation that is in turn based on the collection of evidence. Only evidence defined as permissible by law is presented ...
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Life on Earth: Repeating Myself about the Putin Revelation
It is time to rekindle the founders’ hope for the United Nations
It is time to rekindle the founders’ hope for the United Nations. Like ours can be, that hope first came in the form of determination to push back against the weaponized atom—that General Assembly call in 1946 to reject the nuclear bomb. The 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear ...
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People’s War and Nuclear Fear: The Anti-War Left and Ukraine
A response to James Carroll’s reckoning with peace activism
America was duty-bound to save Ukrainian lives, if at the expense of Ukraine’s sovereignty. But there is an uncomfortable arrogance to this argument, framed as tough love. Perhaps the Ukrainians themselves should determine what’s worth fighting and dying for, not the U.S....
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The Conscience of an Anti-War Activist
In praise of James Carroll
Prior to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and threats of using nuclear weapons, I had pushed fear of nuclear annihilation to the very edges of my consciousness. James Carroll bids us to recall this fear, to bring it back to the center of our concerns, and to extinguish it through effective action....
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Robert Jay Lifton on Psychic Numbing and the Warning from Ukraine
The renewed threat of nuclear war—and the importance of distinguishing between fear and anxiety
Nuclear complacency is multifaceted. A certain amount of nuclear fear is appropriate to our situation. When we give in to what you’re calling nuclear complacency, it’s because we have insufficient fear of what is actually dangerous....
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