RIP, Paul Volcker: The Fed Chair Who Thought We Lived Too Well
To avoid repeating the macroeconomic mistakes of the past 40 years, progressives must reckon with Volcker’s tremendous—and harmful—influence.
Rohan GreyGovernment
William Barr’s Partisan Smears Hide a Real FBI Scandal
The attorney general fosters a conspiracy theory, while the real abuse of the surveillance state goes unchallenged.
Jeet HeerArms Spending
The Bloated Pentagon Budget Should Be Spent on Human Needs
Faith leaders are calling on presidential candidates to reallocate money away from the military and toward housing and food-aid programs.
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Joyce AjlounyCongress
What Do Young People Think About Impeaching Trump?
He’s a scourge, sure, but students have much more to say than just that.
StudentNationLatest from The Nation
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Chile Awoke
Protests in Chile, October 2019. Translation: “Democracy, “Curfew, “Chile Awoke,” “Is Not War,” “Piñera Step Down,” “Enough.”
Catalina Larrere Salort
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Progressives and White Working-Class Voters
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Street Smarts
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Fast Days, Slow Company: The Art of Vija Celmins
Yesterday 5:00 am Climate Change
When the Climate Replaces Our Forever Wars
December 10, 2019 Congress
The House Leadership Soberly Announces 2 Articles of Impeachment
Politics
Michael Bloomberg Has an Anti-Democratic Streak
Far from being the only hope against Donald Trump, the former New York mayor embodies another strand of authoritarian politics.
Jeet Heer
The Voter Suppression Playbook Is Britain’s Latest Toxic Import From the US
The slogan is “voter integrity.” The targets are minority voters.
Hasan Ali
Capitalism Is Broken. It’s Time for Something New.
And time is of the essence.
Katrina vanden HeuvelNation Voices
impeachment politics
The House Leadership Soberly Announces 2 Articles of Impeachment
In House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, the president has met his exact opposite—a voice of reason, calmly and steadily presenting the facts.
John NicholsThe GOP Grievance Machine’s Desperate Attempt to Upstage the Case for Impeachment
The faux outrage was triggered when an impeachment witness used the name of the president’s teenage son to make a point. It didn’t work.
Joan WalshThe Republicans’ Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack
Jonathan Turley’s testimony was so inconsistent, it contradicted his own previous statements on impeachment.
Elie MystalWorld
In a Vacuum of Trust, Conspiracies Take Root in Hong Kong
Residents have lost faith in their government, and the consequences could reshape the city.
Benjamin Haas
Quebec’s Religious-Symbols Ban Hurts Women—and Everyone Who Depends on Them
A law that blocks teachers and other workers from wearing garments like the hijab is forcing many to choose between faith and financial stability.
Nora Loreto
Why Chileans Are Protesting for a New Socioeconomic Order
In an interview, the country’s leading journalist, Mónica González, says, “This hurricane is not ending anytime soon.”
Peter KornbluhSignal:Noise
State and Local Elections
Why Every Vote Matters—Now More Than Ever
After narrowly winning Kentucky’s gubernatorial race, Democrat Andy Beshear will restore the vote to 100,000 ex-felons and end cruel workfare requirements for Medicaid recipients.
Sasha Abramskyuprisings
Civil Unrest
Welcome to the Global Rebellion Against Neoliberalism
As distinct as the protests seem, the uprisings rocking Bolivia, Lebanon, and scores of other countries all share a common theme.
Ben EhrenreichCulture
Revolution & #Resistance: The Life and Times of Lauren Duca
She wants to lead a youth movement, but her first book says more about a media ecosystem that helped produce her than radical action.
Haley Mlotek
Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for Quillette
The online magazine of the “intellectual dark web” is repackaging discredited race science.
Donna Minkowitz
Fast Days, Slow Company: The Art of Vija Celmins
An immersive retrospective of the Los Angeles painter’s work luxuriates in attention to detail.
Larissa Phaminterviews
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November 26, 2019
Eve L. Ewing Creates Poetry Out of History
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Nathan J. Robinson Wants You to Be a Socialist
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December 10, 2019
The West Does Not Have a Copyright on Justice
British scholar Priyamvada Gopal discusses the hidden histories of anticolonialism.
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October 21, 2019
For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical
Rosemarie Ho
special issue: the new politics of abortion
Meet the Prosecutors Resisting America’s Frightening New Abortion Bans
A group of progressive attorneys is refusing to enforce new abortion laws. But in a legal landscape so hostile to choice, is deliberate inaction enough?
Cynthia GreenleeWhat Does Reproductive Justice Activism Look Like As Clinics Close?
As abortion access in Ohio erodes, reproductive justice groups are bringing new activists to the fight.
Dani McClainHow Abortion Funds Showed America That ‘Roe’ Is Not Enough
The movement for abortion access—not just rights—has arrived, and it’s winning fights across the country.
Amy LittlefieldFrom the Magazine
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Eric Foner’s Story of American Freedom
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Did the New Deal Need FDR?
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Watch and Listen
Listen: How the Dems Can Win in 2020: Lessons of the Virginia Victories
Joan Walsh on politics, Jeet Heer on Trump and war crimes, and Bryce Covert on strikes.
December 5, 2019
Listen: Talking to Legendary Olympic Sprinter and Activist Wyomia Tyus
The legendary Wyomia Tyus joins the show to talk about her book, Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story.
November 19, 2019
Listen: Bernie Sanders Is Changing Progressive Politics
In an exclusive interview, the senator talks about how the movement he helped foster is now so much bigger than just him.
November 19, 2019
Migrant Voices
‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’
Batool was just a teenager when the Syrian civil war broke out. After living through the worst of the fighting and years in exile, she’s making a new life in Berkeley.
John WashingtonThe borders of our world cut not only across international boundaries, they also increasingly stretch deeply into the interior of nations—into our homes, cities, communities, courts, and everyday interactions. Citizenship status, visa status, vulnerability to deportation—these are just a few of the dividing lines increasingly separating our country into different… Continue Reading >
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