The Problem of Green Capitalism The Problem of Green Capitalism
A conversation with Thea Riofrancos about her new book "Extraction" and the hidden cost and obscured history of the capitalist push to monetize the energy transition.
Sep 23, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
“We Shouldn’t Torture People”: The Case Against Solitary Confinement “We Shouldn’t Torture People”: The Case Against Solitary Confinement
A conversation with incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell about his new book "Ending Isolation."
Sep 19, 2025 / Q&A / Jack Mirkinson
Mayor to Mayor: A Conversation Between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani Mayor to Mayor: A Conversation Between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani
When the senator came to New York in early September, he had a few spare minutes to talk municipal politics and governance with one of his biggest fans, Zohran Mamdani.
Sep 17, 2025 / Q&A / Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders
Did Nepal Just Have a Revolution? Did Nepal Just Have a Revolution?
Kunda Dixit, one of Nepal’s top journalists, talks about the stunning turn of events in the South Asian nation and how its society reached the boiling point.
Sep 16, 2025 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
Rebecca Solnit on Trump, Books, and the Reincarnation of King George III Rebecca Solnit on Trump, Books, and the Reincarnation of King George III
A conversation with the writer and activist about living in a nation where those who lead are often disinclined to read—let alone write—meaningful books.
Sep 8, 2025 / Q&A / John Nichols
People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh
The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.
Sep 5, 2025 / Q&A / Peter Lucas
“There Are No Illegal Strikes—Only Unsuccessful Ones”: A Conversation With Sara Nelson “There Are No Illegal Strikes—Only Unsuccessful Ones”: A Conversation With Sara Nelson
The international president of the Association of Flight Attendants explains how labor solidarity can “set the agenda and make things better.”
Sep 1, 2025 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
A DNC Member Is Calling for an Arms Embargo on Israel. Will the Party Leadership Listen? A DNC Member Is Calling for an Arms Embargo on Israel. Will the Party Leadership Listen?
Allison Minnerly speaks about her upcoming resolution urging a ceasefire, an arms embargo on Israel, and recognition of Palestine as a state.
Yes, Texas Representative Nicole Collier Was Under “House Arrest” in the Texas Capitol Yes, Texas Representative Nicole Collier Was Under “House Arrest” in the Texas Capitol
Collier speaks about her surreal ordeal, wherein she refused to sign a permission slip and accept a police escort to leave the Austin statehouse and had to sleep there for two nig...
Aug 22, 2025 / Q&A / Joan Walsh
Anne Lamott and the Power of Hope Anne Lamott and the Power of Hope
‘I will not let them defeat me.’
Aug 13, 2025 / Q&A / Pamela Alma Weymouth