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The Pandemic Has Made the Poor People’s Campaign Virtual—and Vital

The Pandemic Has Made the Poor People’s Campaign Virtual—and Vital The Pandemic Has Made the Poor People’s Campaign Virtual—and Vital

A powerful movement—and a moral leader whose time has come—will mobilize millions to demand change.

May 5, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bernie Sanders Reflects on the Power of International Solidarity

Bernie Sanders Reflects on the Power of International Solidarity Bernie Sanders Reflects on the Power of International Solidarity

On May Day, the senator talked with The Nation about the ways in which we’ll need each other in order to recover from this pandemic.

May 5, 2020 / John Nichols

A Guide to Eye Communication

A Guide to Eye Communication A Guide to Eye Communication

May 5, 2020 / Peter Kuper

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Letters From the May 18/25, 2020, Issue Letters From the May 18/25, 2020, Issue

Neither snow nor rain nor Covid-19… On holding your nose… Progress v. progressive values… Essential tributes… No more neoliberalism…

May 5, 2020 / Our Readers

Who Counts? Who Doesn’t?

Who Counts? Who Doesn’t? Who Counts? Who Doesn’t?

The Trump administration’s stumbling response to this crisis. 

May 5, 2020 / OppArt / Sue Coe

The Making of the Radical Republicans

The Making of the Radical Republicans The Making of the Radical Republicans

How did the struggle for emancipation become a mass politics?

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

The Inner Life of American Communism

The Inner Life of American Communism The Inner Life of American Communism

Vivian Gornick’s and Jodi Dean’s books mine a lost history of comradeship, determination, and intimacy.

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin

The Long Shadow of Cultural Anthropology

The Long Shadow of Cultural Anthropology The Long Shadow of Cultural Anthropology

Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and their circle sought to show the fallacy of biological and physical difference, but they also created new forms of categorization that reinforced thei...

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga

Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga

In her new memoir, Broom reconstructs not only her family’s history in New Orleans but also the larger arc of black experience in the South.

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye

Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness

Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness

Through her portraits of solitude, Gaitskill forces us to recognize those moments of subtle connection.

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty

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