How Did the Internet Get So Bad? How Did the Internet Get So Bad?
Joanne McNeil’s Lurking, an account of the last 30 years of online life, reminds us the Internet didn't have to become what it is today.
Aug 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Lisa Borst
It’s Time to Abolish Nursing Homes It’s Time to Abolish Nursing Homes
If three out of four Americans want to spend their final years at home, why do so many of us end up in institutional care?
Aug 11, 2020 / Feature / Sara Luterman
‘Coronavirus Is a Hoax’ and Other Fantasies ‘Coronavirus Is a Hoax’ and Other Fantasies
Coronavirus is a conspiracy. Masks are a conspiracy. Mail-in voting is a conspiracy. Seeing a pattern here?
Aug 11, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
Ilhan Omar Faces a Primary Tuesday Because She Speaks Truth to Power Ilhan Omar Faces a Primary Tuesday Because She Speaks Truth to Power
A bold and effective House member, Omar disrupts conventional wisdom. So those comfortable with the status quo want her gone.
Aug 10, 2020 / John Nichols
Cuomo’s Administration Faces Questioning Over Its Handling of Nursing Home Covid Deaths Cuomo’s Administration Faces Questioning Over Its Handling of Nursing Home Covid Deaths
Democratic and Republican lawmakers want to know why the state’s Department of Health counts deaths so strangely.
Aug 10, 2020 / Ross Barkan
The Last Temptation of Jerry The Last Temptation of Jerry
A scandal at Liberty University proves that white evangelicals are starting to copy Trump.
Aug 10, 2020 / Jeet Heer
How Stephen Miller Turned the Department of Homeland Security Into a Political Weapon How Stephen Miller Turned the Department of Homeland Security Into a Political Weapon
The White House senior adviser signaled to the Border Patrol union in 2016 that he planned to invert the DHS power structure.
Aug 10, 2020 / Jean Guerrero
Inconvenient by Design Inconvenient by Design
Black Lives Matter Protests continue in New York and around the country.
Aug 10, 2020 / OppArt / Cathleen Campbell
When Humans Make the Wilderness When Humans Make the Wilderness
How an unusual rewilding experiment turned into an ethical minefield.
Aug 10, 2020 / Feature / Valentine Faure
Julian Bond’s Life in Protest and Politics Julian Bond’s Life in Protest and Politics
A new collection of essays demonstrates how the civil rights icon’s thinking evolved amid the upheavals of the 20th century.
Aug 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II