America Isn’t ‘Back.’ Here’s Why. America Isn’t ‘Back.’ Here’s Why.
Two decades of forever wars created a failing empire. Biden’s foreign policy is just continuing the destructive legacy.
Jul 28, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt
Diagnosing the Morales Campaign Meltdown Diagnosing the Morales Campaign Meltdown
It all sounds like a bad family therapy session. What does the psychiatric literature have to say?
Jul 28, 2021 / Back Talk / Alexis Grenell
Why Are Public Defenders Backing a Major Assault on Gun Control? Why Are Public Defenders Backing a Major Assault on Gun Control?
In the name of Black gun owners, a coalition of progressive attorneys has thrown its weight behind an explosive attempt to eviscerate gun regulations.
Jul 26, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Where Would We Be Without the New Deal? Where Would We Be Without the New Deal?
A new history charts the forgotten ways the social politics of the Roosevelt years transformed the United States.
Jul 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
Billionaires in Space Billionaires in Space
For the world’s richest men, the stars are up for sale.
Jul 23, 2021 / Editorial / A.M. Gittlitz
The Political Brilliance of the American Rescue Plan The Political Brilliance of the American Rescue Plan
Biden’s stimulus plan took the question of recovery off the table. Now the Democrats can focus on passing large-scale economic reforms.
Jul 23, 2021 / Editorial / Mike Konczal
Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics
The city is the center of a great experiment at a dangerous new phase of the pandemic.
Jul 23, 2021 / Chelsea Szendi Schieder
Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated
Migration is a cure for economic crisis—not a cause of it.
Jul 22, 2021 / Dispatch / Aviva Chomsky
Progressives Around the Country Are Recalling Sewer Socialism’s Proud History Progressives Around the Country Are Recalling Sewer Socialism’s Proud History
At the local level, sidewalk socialists represent a movement whose time has come.
Jul 21, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This New Law Would Be Good for Growers, Bad for Farmworkers This New Law Would Be Good for Growers, Bad for Farmworkers
The bill cements in place the existing deep poverty in farmworker communities, and makes it much more difficult for farmworkers to organize.
Jul 21, 2021 / Column / David Bacon