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Letters From the May 3/10, 2021, Issue Letters From the May 3/10, 2021, Issue

Disability access… Where is the joy?… Calexit vs. the filibuster… Black sci-fi worldmaking…

Apr 20, 2021 / Our Readers

Adam Toledo protest

Mayor Lori Lightfoot Has Failed Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Has Failed Chicago

The quest for justice for Adam Toledo requires that Lightfoot resign.

Apr 19, 2021 / Jasson Perez

What’s Up in DC: A Key Democrat Thinks Meaningful Police Reform Can Win Senate Approval

What’s Up in DC: A Key Democrat Thinks Meaningful Police Reform Can Win Senate Approval What’s Up in DC: A Key Democrat Thinks Meaningful Police Reform Can Win Senate Approval

Karen Bass is optimistic about prospects for meaningful police reform at the federal level. Representative Karen Bass says she has faith that the George Floyd Justice in Policing A…

Apr 19, 2021 / John Nichols

National Guard

Report From the Chauvin Trial: Blitzkrieg at Brooklyn Center Report From the Chauvin Trial: Blitzkrieg at Brooklyn Center

Operation Safety Net, the multiagency task force created for the Derek Chauvin trial, ambushed and arrested protesters outside a suburban police station Friday night.

Apr 19, 2021 / Alyssa Oursler and Anna DalCortivo

Ramsey Clark

Remembering Ramsey Clark 1927–2021 Remembering Ramsey Clark 1927–2021

There will never be another like him.

Apr 16, 2021 / Victor Navasky

Supreme Court at night

Why Are Democrats So Determined to Block Court Reform? Why Are Democrats So Determined to Block Court Reform?

The refusal of leaders like Pelosi and Biden to engage with robust court-expansion proposals is an act of pure self-defeat.

Apr 16, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Chesa Boudin as baby with his parents

VIDEO Chesa Boudin and Sylvia A. Harvey Discuss Parenting and Incarceration VIDEO Chesa Boudin and Sylvia A. Harvey Discuss Parenting and Incarceration

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and journalist and author Sylvia A. Harvey joined The Nation for an intimate conversation about the impact of incarceration on parents…

Apr 16, 2021 / The Nation

Derek Chauvin trial

How BLM Is Subtly Shaping the Chauvin Trial How BLM Is Subtly Shaping the Chauvin Trial

From the jury selection to the witness stand, the judge in this case is allowing the movement for Black lives to inform the deliberations in a strikingly new way.

Apr 16, 2021 / Sonali Chakravarti

Daunte Wright

Just Outside Minneapolis, the Next Uprising Is Here Just Outside Minneapolis, the Next Uprising Is Here

The Chauvin trial is almost over. The officer who killed Daunte Wright appears in Zoom court today.

Apr 15, 2021 / Alyssa Oursler and Anna DalCortivo

Say Her Name

Say Her Name Say Her Name

Justice for Breonna Taylor?

Apr 15, 2021 / OppArt / Jesse Duquette

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