Biden’s UAW Rally Exposes the Bankruptcy of Trump’s Populism by Eric Levitz

This column is a welcome corrective to the ongoing delusion of media outlets that take the GOP’s feints toward supporting working-class citizens and parrot them as sincere. To be fair, the Republicans’ opportunistic lying was only possible because the Democrats had all but entirely ceded their position as advocates for those who don metaphorical blue collars. This week, President Joe Biden’s clear, unequivocal advocacy for striking UAW members should put an end to the right-wingers’ ruse once and for all. It won’t, but it should. Eric Levitz’s piece is published by Intelligencer shingle of New York magazine.

Days Are Gone Turns 10 by Chris DeVille

Stereogum regularly posts anniversary-based assessments of notable albums; this retrospective on Haim’s debut long-player particularly caught my attention, in part because I well remember being very smitten with it when I wrote about it for Spectrum Review back in the day. Chris DeVille does a marvelous job capturing both what was special about the album at the time of its release and why it remains a winning effort when heard today.