If Senators Won’t Kill the Filibuster, They Should at Least Sweat for It If Senators Won’t Kill the Filibuster, They Should at Least Sweat for It
The current version of the filibuster demands nothing of senators other than the desire to gum up democracy. That has to change.
Feb 4, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation
Vaccine Shortage Vaccine Shortage
The impact of the shortage of Covid vaccines adds to the inequity in access and distribution.
Feb 4, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Can a Novel Really Capture the Spirit of the Internet? Can a Novel Really Capture the Spirit of the Internet?
Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts and the limits of literary fiction’s obsession with life online.
Feb 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David Schurman Wallace
St. Louis Considers Spy Planes to Survey the City 18 Hours a Day St. Louis Considers Spy Planes to Survey the City 18 Hours a Day
Representative Cori Bush, who represents St. Louis, warns that aerial surveillance would have dire consequences for the city.
Feb 4, 2021 / Eoin Higgins
In India, Farmers Are Resisting Narendra Modi’s Propaganda Machine In India, Farmers Are Resisting Narendra Modi’s Propaganda Machine
The government is using a pliant media and its social-media warriors to paint protesting farmers as secessionists.
Feb 4, 2021 / Ullekh N.P.
I Wish We Could Be Dancing to Sophie I Wish We Could Be Dancing to Sophie
It’s an added cruelty that we cannot mourn the loss of the avant-pop icon properly.
Feb 4, 2021 / Annie Howard
I’m for Abolition. And Yet I Want the Capitol Rioters in Prison. I’m for Abolition. And Yet I Want the Capitol Rioters in Prison.
No one deserves the dehumanizing treatment that’s endemic to our carceral system. I still want every lawless white supremacist Capitol insurrectionist to be arrested and prosecuted...
Feb 4, 2021 / Kali Holloway
The Unbearable Emptiness of Tom Brady The Unbearable Emptiness of Tom Brady
The most successful quarterback in NFL history has become more brand than man.
Feb 4, 2021 / Dave Zirin
AOC’s Stirring Call to Reject Insurrection Amnesia AOC’s Stirring Call to Reject Insurrection Amnesia
Going against Republicans, the media, and some on the left, the New York representative makes the case for accountability.
Feb 3, 2021 / Jeet Heer
I Don’t Just Want Trump Impeached. I Want Him Jailed. I Don’t Just Want Trump Impeached. I Want Him Jailed.
A conviction in the Senate is the least we should demand. Trump should be indicted and stand trial before citizens empaneled to uphold the rule of law.
Feb 3, 2021 / Elie Mystal