Who Can Purchase a Gun? Who Can Purchase a Gun?
Lowest bar, highest death toll.
Donald Duck Quacks Again as Chile Elects a New President Donald Duck Quacks Again as Chile Elects a New President
A half-century after it fed the Pinochet regime’s bonfire of heretical books, a celebrated “handbook of decolonization” has new relevance to a country on the brink of a momentous c...
Nov 22, 2021 / Ariel Dorfman
Potential Legislation on China Amounts to a New Cold War Potential Legislation on China Amounts to a New Cold War
The $250 billion "Innovation and Competition Act" leverages industrial policy to ratchet up militarization and potentially instigate global conflict.
Nov 22, 2021 / Aída Chávez
Life in West Virginia’s “Quiet Zone” Life in West Virginia’s “Quiet Zone”
A recent book by journalist Stephen Kurczy examines what happens in a vast swath of the country where wireless signal is limited and carefully regulated.
Nov 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Evan Malmgren
America’s Decline Started at Home America’s Decline Started at Home
When will shifting geopolitics and climate change fully cripple Washington’s current world order?
Nov 22, 2021 / Alfred McCoy
Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death” Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death”
The first Black woman to run for president in Colombia has ignited a movement.
Nov 22, 2021 / Juan Mejia and Olivia Heffernan
Where Is Peng Shuai? And What Is the IOC Going to Do About It? Where Is Peng Shuai? And What Is the IOC Going to Do About It?
With the 2022 Beijing Olympics looming, the IOC’s silence in the case of a missing tennis star who accused a Chinese official of sexual assault speaks volumes.
Nov 20, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
House Democrats Just Gave Their Party a Fighting Chance in 2022 House Democrats Just Gave Their Party a Fighting Chance in 2022
Now, the Senate must make it possible for them to win the 2022 midterms by passing Biden’s Build Back Better bill.
Nov 19, 2021 / John Nichols
Why We Made “Going for Broke” Why We Made “Going for Broke”
In this video roundtable, Laura Flanders joins Ray Suarez and Ann Larson to talk about our newest podcast.
Nov 19, 2021 / The Nation, Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and Laura Flanders