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President Joe Biden

The Most Righteous Thing Joe Biden Has Done as President The Most Righteous Thing Joe Biden Has Done as President

His decision to label the mass murder of Armenians as “genocide” finally put the US on the right side of an awful chapter in world history.

Apr 27, 2021 / John Nichols

Will the Biden Administration Get Bolder on Improving Abortion Access?

Will the Biden Administration Get Bolder on Improving Abortion Access? Will the Biden Administration Get Bolder on Improving Abortion Access?

The FDA’s announcement that it will permit abortion medication to be sent by mail is a start—but advocates are hoping for more.

Apr 27, 2021 / Amy Littlefield

Marines Out

The Toxic Legacy of the US Military in the Pacific The Toxic Legacy of the US Military in the Pacific

A Welsh journalist uncovers a decades-long environmental disaster around US bases in East Asia.

Apr 27, 2021 / Tim Shorrock

To Serve and Protect? 

To Serve and Protect?  To Serve and Protect? 

Systemic racism in the police force.

Apr 26, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper, Paul Karasik, and Ron Hauge

Police at a protest in Washington, DC

The Backlash to Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Is Already Here The Backlash to Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Is Already Here

This simulacrum of justice for Black folks, delivered centuries overdue, won’t be a turning point unless we do far more work.

Apr 26, 2021 / Kali Holloway

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

Covid à la Modi. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of April 19.

Apr 23, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Gun store

The American Addiction to Violence The American Addiction to Violence

While a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of murder earlier this week, that verdict alone, though so desperately needed, was woefully insufficient.

Apr 23, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Harsha Walia

Pulling Down the World’s Walls: A Conversation With Harsha Walia Pulling Down the World’s Walls: A Conversation With Harsha Walia

The Nation talked to the author and activist about her new book, Border and Rule, and what a border-free globe might look like.

Apr 22, 2021 / Q&A / John Washington

George Floyd memorial

The Chauvin Verdicts and the Movement That Made Them Possible The Chauvin Verdicts and the Movement That Made Them Possible

Jody Armour on Minneapolis, plus Mark Hertsgaard on Earth Day.

Apr 22, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Broken News Broken News

We interrupt this coverage of a tragedy with word of another tragedy.

Apr 21, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

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