Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty
Democrats failed to embrace his Freedom Budget for All Americans in the 1960s. That failure needs to be addressed today with a bold program to abolish poverty and injustice.
Jan 17, 2022 / John Nichols
The Protest Movement and the Protest Government The Protest Movement and the Protest Government
No one acquainted with right-wing media can doubt that anger over the 2020 riots—in Portland, Seattle, Kenosha, Philadelphia, and elsewhere—fed the wildness of the January 6 riot.
Jan 14, 2022 / David Bromwich
Hitch ’22 Hitch ’22
Fauci floaters. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of January 10.
Jan 14, 2022 / Steve Brodner
Gavin Newsom’s New Budget Proposal Expands Health Care to the Undocumented Gavin Newsom’s New Budget Proposal Expands Health Care to the Undocumented
It’s a huge step toward universal health care coverage.
Jan 14, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
How the Navajo Nation Beat Back Covid How the Navajo Nation Beat Back Covid
The community once the hardest hit is now one of the safest in the United States.
Jan 14, 2022 / StudentNation / Rachel Cohen
Will Democracy Die Before Our Eyes? Will Democracy Die Before Our Eyes?
This isn’t a dress rehearsal.
Beto Can Win Beto Can Win
Steve Phillips on Texas, plus Dave Lindorff on atom spies.
Jan 13, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Madison Cawthorn’s Incitement of Insurrection Should Knock Him Off the Ballot Madison Cawthorn’s Incitement of Insurrection Should Knock Him Off the Ballot
The Republican representative’s words and deeds disqualify him from office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Jan 13, 2022 / John Nichols
Lani Guinier Taught Me Almost Everything I Know About Voting Rights Lani Guinier Taught Me Almost Everything I Know About Voting Rights
A brilliant professor, she showed me how the old Confederacy never really gave up—not after the Civil War, not after the Voting Rights Act, not ever.
Jan 12, 2022 / Elie Mystal
