happy mutants 20th Century Men brilliantly flips the Cold War on its head, with superheroes Thom Dunn
Comic Books Exploring the military industrial complex of the Ultimate post-9/11 Avengers comic Thom Dunn
music Reign of Terror's Spencer Ackerman & Ted Leo release new song to benefit abortion funds Thom Dunn
colonialism Inside the effort to save an indigenous Pacific Island language that the US tried to destroy Thom Dunn
television Gardening legend Alan Titchmarsh is a hit on North Korean TV, but not his jeans Rob Beschizza
books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro
politics The U.S. has launched 251 military interventions since 1991—and 469 since 1798 Elías Villoro
canada "Little Bird" is a stunning cyberpunk graphic novel about indigenous people in a Canadian dystopia Thom Dunn
guns Gatling guns, balloon corps, and other weapons introduced during the American Civil War Thom Dunn
elections Why Democratic Socialists aren't afraid to call themselves "Socialist" anymore Cory Doctorow