What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike
As teachers in Denver and Oakland head toward their own strikes, it’s worth doubling down on the lessons from LA.
Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe
The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’ The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’
His memoir is an affecting chronicle of both hope and despair in the American South.
Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text? How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text?
A new history of the early American republic recasts the origins of originalism and how the Constitution gained its “fixed” status.
Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Karen J. Greenberg
Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia
Since Trump took office, figuring out whom the US is killing and why has become nearly impossible.
Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Amanda Sperber
She’s With Stupid She’s With Stupid
Sure, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slips up sometimes–but have you listened to her Republican colleagues?
Feb 7, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
For Trump’s Regime Changers, Venezuela Is Just the First Step For Trump’s Regime Changers, Venezuela Is Just the First Step
The other big target on their hit list is Cuba.
Feb 7, 2019 / Peter Kornbluh
It’s for You It’s for You
“The Phantom slowly, gravely, [not-so]silently, approached.… it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its f...
Feb 7, 2019 / OppArt / Steve Brodner
Pledge: Let’s Make February 16 National Stayaway Day Pledge: Let’s Make February 16 National Stayaway Day
If the shutdown resumes, we urge federal workers to stay away from work and their allies to occupy airports on 2/16.
Feb 7, 2019 / Sarita Gupta and Erica Smiley
The State of the Union Is Not Good The State of the Union Is Not Good
John Nichols on Trump; plus Sasha Abramsky on TPS and Elizabeth Kolbert on climate change.
Feb 7, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Socialism Is More Popular Than You Think, Mr. President Socialism Is More Popular Than You Think, Mr. President
Most surveys show Trump would lose in a matchup against a democratic socialist named Bernie Sanders.
Feb 6, 2019 / John Nichols