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
Walking in Their Footsteps Walking in Their Footsteps
Climate change threatens human extinction. Will we act to save ourselves, or join the dinosaurs?
Oct 16, 2018 / OppArt / Frances Jetter
Noname’s Verbal Acrobatics Noname’s Verbal Acrobatics
Being able to hold many meanings at once—political and personal—is at the heart of her latest album.
Oct 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Samantha Schuyler
How to Convince Conservatives That a Scientific Discovery Might Just Kill Us All How to Convince Conservatives That a Scientific Discovery Might Just Kill Us All
Step 1: You can't.
Oct 16, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
Elizabeth Warren Will Not Let Donald Trump Define Her Elizabeth Warren Will Not Let Donald Trump Define Her
And that’s the fundamental point of a powerful video on her heritage.
Oct 15, 2018 / Joan Walsh
Will North Dakota’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Cost Democrats the Senate? Will North Dakota’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Cost Democrats the Senate?
The Supreme Court has allowed the state to erect unreasonable barriers to voting by Native Americans.
Oct 15, 2018 / John Nichols
How Guantánamo Laid the Groundwork for Kavanaugh’s Confirmation How Guantánamo Laid the Groundwork for Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
The prison’s attempts to adjudicate justice are making their way to the mainland.
Oct 15, 2018 / Karen J. Greenberg