Supreme Court Hangover Supreme Court Hangover
Kavanaugh’s right-wing tilt.
Oct 17, 2018 / OppArt / Thomas Kerr
It’s Crunch Time for Activism Against US Involvement in Yemen It’s Crunch Time for Activism Against US Involvement in Yemen
With the Trump administration apparently set on supporting the Saudi-led coalition, dissenters in Congress are staging an encouraging—though messy—insurgency.
Oct 17, 2018 / Chris Gelardi
Ben Rhodes and the Crisis of Liberal Foreign Policy Ben Rhodes and the Crisis of Liberal Foreign Policy
Obama and his speechwriter and national-security adviser set out to break from the foreign-policy establishment; instead, they found themselves absorbed by it.
Oct 17, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
Protect the Right to Vote in Your Community Protect the Right to Vote in Your Community
You can also stop the Trump administration from bullying immigrants for using crucial public programs and make phone calls to get out the vote for the midterms.
Oct 16, 2018 / NationAction
Women Have the Power to End the Student-Debt Crisis Women Have the Power to End the Student-Debt Crisis
We must place women’s interests, voices, and needs front and center in the national conversation—not just in terms of social equality but of economic equality as well.
Oct 16, 2018 / StudentNation / Sabrina Cereceres and Samantha Morgan
Rethinking Prison, From the Inside Out Rethinking Prison, From the Inside Out
Changing the institutional culture of incarceration could entail a social consensus that locking people up is never the ideal way to resolve social problems.
Oct 16, 2018 / Michelle Chen
The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’ The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’
The campaign wants to advance a new understanding of poverty as a traumatic experience inflicted by policy-makers.
Oct 16, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann
So, Senator Warren: You’re Clearly Running for President So, Senator Warren: You’re Clearly Running for President
Here’s some unsolicited advice on becoming the foreign-policy leader America needs.
Oct 16, 2018 / Andrew J. Bacevich
The Curdled Worldview of Matthew Weiner’s ‘The Romanoffs’ The Curdled Worldview of Matthew Weiner’s ‘The Romanoffs’
The Mad Men creator’s new TV series for Amazon is a flawed and shallow send-up of miserable former aristocrats.
Oct 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day? Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day?
The distractions are relentless.
Oct 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel