Ryan Zickgraf

Based on the trailer, many people—me included—assumed Alex Garland's new film Civil War would go full Rachel Maddow and project liberals' direst fears about Donald Trump's second term onto the silver screen.

It wasn't long ago when the activist Left had a whole laundry list of systems and impersonal forces that it was battling against: sexism, homophobia, white supremacy, ableism – you name it.

It wasn't long ago when the activist Left had a whole laundry list of systems and impersonal forces that it was battling against: sexism, homophobia, white supremacy, ableism – you name it.

Goodbye, intersectionality – hello, “It’s All One Thingism.” In this nebulous new cosmology, Palestinians – even Hamas themselves – aren’t just engaged in a

Craft beer hit its gold rush era in the 2010s, but now, some breweries are closing their doors. Here's what's happening in Atlanta.

Yellowstone sells a fantasy of rural America — and conservatism — no different from any other prime-time soap opera.

J. D. Vance portrays his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, as a dying backwater with a culture of irresponsibility and laziness. It's actually seeing a revival — thanks not to a mindset change but to massive public investment of the type the GOP opposes.

When Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomes the Democratic National Convention to Chicago on Monday, his speech should include a warning to fellow Democrats:

The DNC revealed a Democratic Party still in love with the Obamas. The fantasy is that Kamala Harris will be a reboot. Brat summer is cooling — are you ready for an Obama autumn, heavy on feeling good and light on political substance?

The indie comic Justice Warriors: Vote Harder is a heartening sign that genuinely subversive political satire remains possible, even in a world that feels like satire itself sometimes. And like the best of the genre, it hits a little too close to home.