Elizabeth Warren Is the First Intersectional Candidate for President
As much as I want Medicare for All and for the rich to pay higher taxes, that won’t cure sexism. Warren gets that.
Suzanna Danuta WaltersElection 2020
Bernie Sanders Hits the Jackpot
After Nevada, he can and must parlay newfound political capital into a sophisticated argument for why an antiestablishment message is electable.
John NicholsCulture
How Do You Document Something As Unimaginable as a School Shooting?
Photographer Andres Gonzalez’s American Origami looks at the aftermaths of seven, providing an affecting exploration of a uniquely American epidemic.
Rebecca BengalInternet and New Media
Protecting the Truth About the Coronavirus in China
Tens of thousands of us are working to save the articles and accounts of COVID-19 before Chinese censors can delete them forever.
Shen LuLatest from The Nation
February 21, 2020 The Constitution
If Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Blame the Constitution
It gives the president sweeping pardon powers that he’s more than happy to use for partisan and personal ends.
Jeet Heer
February 21, 2020 Corruption
Trump Has a New Strategy for Fighting Corruption—Make It Legal!
February 21, 2020
Plastuck
February 21, 2020 Activism
Sochie Nnaemeka Wants to Take On Corporate Democrats
February 21, 2020 Armed Conflicts
The Last General to Criticize US Imperialism
Politics
The Walking While Trans Ban Is ‘Stop and Frisk 2.0’
New laws, coupled with older ones, form a web of constraints that marginalize trans people.
Karina Piser
If Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Blame the Constitution
It gives the president sweeping pardon powers that he’s more than happy to use for partisan and personal ends.
Jeet Heer
Trump Has a New Strategy for Fighting Corruption—Make It Legal!
With his 11 pardons this week, Trump proved that he is trying to Make Corruption Great Again.
Elie MystalNation Voices
Election 2020
Democrats Must Reject Not Just a Billionaire but the Billionaire Class
Sanders is right that the party cannot surrender to “a corrupt political system bought by billionaires like Mr. Bloomberg.”
John NicholsIf Progressives Want to Win, They’ll Have to Talk About White Supremacy
Racial resentment gives Trump his power. It’s time for Sanders and Warren to call it out.
Steve PhillipsElizabeth Warren Is Back and She’s Ready for a Fight
The Nevada debate allowed Warren the wonk to reboot as Warren the warrior.
Jeet HeerCulture
Ricardo Piglia’s Books of Disquiet
As he witnessed the dissolution of civil society under a series of repressive governments, the Argentine novelist and critic began recording the most mundane parts of everyday life.
Jessica Loudis
The Making of France’s Presidential System
Focusing on the tensions between top-down reforms and bottom-up democratic discontent, Herrick Chapman’s new history tells a very different story about postwar France.
Hugo Drochon
Tame Impala Is Feeling Serenity Now
The Australian band’s contemplative new album finds calm in its stadium rock ambitions.
Marcus J. Mooreessay
Health Care
Government
The Problem With Canadian Health Care
It’s miles ahead of the American system. But its prescription drug coverage is far from perfect.
Sophia ReussWorld
How Much Cruelty Can Trump Get Away With? Ask Obama.
After one administration turns a blind eye to torture, we can expect little repercussions for throwing children in cages.
Rebecca Gordon
Iraqis Want Iran and the US Out
The US and Iran have de facto collaborated in and over Iraq for decades. Iraqis are now protesting against both.
Gilbert Achcar
Germany Struggles to Respond to Racist Mass Murder
Is it any wonder, when radical right ideas are no longer confined to the margins, but have become normalized?
Jordan Stancilinterviews
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December 6, 2019
Nathan J. Robinson Wants You to Be a Socialist
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January 9, 2020
The Only Thing Stopping Us From Taxing the Rich Is Political Will
Clio Chang
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February 6, 2020
Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel
How a revitalized magazine with its roots in American communism captured the Jewish left.
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January 30, 2020
Garth Greenwell on the Poetics of Cruising
We talked to the writer about his latest novel, Cleanness, an expansive book about desire, power, and the physicality of aesthetic experience
Rosemarie Ho
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The America We Want to Be
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The Woman Behind Elizabeth Warren’s Foreign Policy
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Books & the Arts
The Making of France’s Presidential System
By Hugo Drochon
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The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave
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The Art of Eviction
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Books & the Arts
Is Impeachment Only About Getting a Conviction?
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Watch and Listen
Listen: We All Deserve An Income Floor: Why the Bold Policy of Guaranteed Income Works
Listen to Episode 4 of More Than Enough.
February 5, 2020
Listen: The Kansas City Chiefs Name: Racist Or ‘Just Sports’?
Indian Country Today associate editor Vincent Shilling joins the show to talk about the Kansas City Chiefs and the mascotization of indigenous culture.
February 4, 2020
View: Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities
The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to ensure that we all had access to public spaces, but the implementation has not always lived up to the law.
January 31, 2020
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