Jeet Heer
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Past articles by Jeet:
The Horrifying and Shameful Return of Child Labor
Bipartisan buck-passing and a ramshackle immigration system have revived Victorian degradation. → Read More
Spielberg and Other Oscar Contenders
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Adam Nayman joins the podcast to discuss The Fabelmans and movie award buzz. → Read More
Raving Balloonatics Take Over Washington
It only took one balloon to drive the Washington political elite into a frothing rage. On Thursday, the Pentagon announced that a Chinese surveillance balloon had been detected hovering over Montana. The Chinese government acknowledged ownership of the slow-moving aircraft and claimed it was a weather balloon that had been forced off course by accident or “force majeure.” This claim was rejected… → Read More
The GOP’s Phony Class War
Racist resentment plus plutocratic economics don’t equal a “working-class party.” → Read More
The Killing of Tyre Nichols Is an Indictment of the Entire Political System
After BLM and the George Floyd protests, the bipartisan elite embraced bolstering police power. → Read More
Republicans Are Trapped by Their Party’s Anti-Abortion Extremism
Riled up anti-choice activists ensure that the fight over abortion will continue to dominate elections. → Read More
The Failures of the January 6 Report
Historian Jill Lepore’s effective critique in The New Yorker is marred by a lazy counternarrative. → Read More
From a Clown Coup to a Clown Speakership
Kevin McCarthy’s surrender to House Freedom Caucus is proof that the January 6 insurrectionists rule the GOP. → Read More
It’s Not the Job of Democrats to Save the GOP
Helping Republicans pick a House speaker makes sense only if it intensifies the right-wing civil war. → Read More
The Crypto Scandal Is Also an Opportunity for the Left
Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall can help fuel a new war on plutocratic donors. → Read More
Trumpism Was Born in the ’90s
Clintonian centrism allowed the radical right to incubate. → Read More
The Queen of Candor: Aline Kominsky-Crumb 1948–2022
Her fearless autobiographical stories revolutionized cartooning. → Read More
Kanye West, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the Mainstreaming of Nazism
MAGA and cowardly Republicans are whitewashing Hitler fans. → Read More
Georgia Isn’t Just Gravy
Democrats can do a lot more with 51 Senate seats. → Read More
Democracy’s Fair-Weather Friends in the Mainstream Media
Their churlish response to President Biden’s Labor Day speech shows how the reflexive centrism of mainstream press overrides any concern for the truth. → Read More
Theocracy Now! The Forgotten Prophet of the Resurgent Right
Overshadowed during his lifetime by his famous brother-in-law William F. Buckley, L. Brent Bozell Jr. has proved the true prophet of the American right. → Read More
The Victim Blaming of the Victorious Right
Having the Supreme Court on their side isn’t enough. Reactionaries also want you to stop fighting back. → Read More
Joe Biden Is Not the Fighter America Needs
The president loves the system far too much to fix it. → Read More
Why the January 6 Hearings Are a Trap
It’s absurd to try to hold GOP accountable while conspicuously reaching across the aisle. → Read More
Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre
Two opportunists demonstrate the triumph of Trumpist racism and conspiracy theories. → Read More