ABOUT SLOW DOWN “[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary proposal.”—Publishers Weekly, (starred review) “Saito’s clarity of thought, plethora of evidence, and conversational, gentle, yet urgent tone . . . are sure to win over open-minded readers who understand the dire nature of our global. . . . A…

As the US celebrates $95.3 billion in military funding for Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the US, we unpack the US Indo-Pacific strategy and what’s at stake. 23 MAY 2024 Iri and Toshi Maruki, XV Nagasaki, 1982, from The Hiroshima Panels. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. For Prabir, who is now out…

Sara Franklin’s new hagiography of Judith Jones, ‘The Editor,’ betrays the code of anonymity and mirroring by which true editorial stars operate BY ELROY ROSENBERG MAY 21, 2024 Judith Jones, whose six-decade career had an ‘outsize influence on American culture’ MEL HAASCH “What editors do for writers is mysterious, and does not, contrary to general…

MAY 23, 2024 BY BERNIE SANDERS Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday night spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders amidst the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery,…

An excerpt from ‘Hindi Imperialism’, by Aladi Aruna. Translated from the Tamil by R Vijaya Sankar. Aladi Aruna & R Vijaya Sankar Yesterday · 08:30 am The Congress, which had initially decided that among all the Indian languages, only Hindustani will be the national language, believed it could establish Hindi as the national language once it managed…