China Is Dismantling Hong Kong’s Unions China Is Dismantling Hong Kong’s Unions
Empowered workers would be a threat to the Chinese Communist Party.
Sep 22, 2021 / Maya Wang
Debate and Controversy Make History Education Better Debate and Controversy Make History Education Better
Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States didn’t make students hate America—and nor does Critical Race Theory or the 1619 Project.
Sep 22, 2021 / Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow
Dana Spiotta’s Political Fiction Dana Spiotta’s Political Fiction
In her new novel, Wayward, Spiotta offers an intricate portrait of how one woman experienced the uncertain days and months after Trump’s election.
Sep 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Katie Fitzpatrick
It’s Time to Break Up the Military-Industrial Complex It’s Time to Break Up the Military-Industrial Complex
Despite the end of two decades of war, a congressional committee just voted to increase the Pentagon’s budget by $24 billion.
Sep 21, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Progressive Democrats Fight to Limit Defense Spending Progressive Democrats Fight to Limit Defense Spending
The House is poised to pass a military budget this week that’s even bigger than President Joe Biden requested, but left-leaning lawmakers are putting up a fight.
Sep 21, 2021 / Aída Chávez
As the Pandemic Continues, College Students Return to a Different Campus As the Pandemic Continues, College Students Return to a Different Campus
Young people from across the country weigh in on how Covid is impacting their college experience.
Sep 21, 2021 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Was Occupy Wall Street More Anarchist or Socialist? Was Occupy Wall Street More Anarchist or Socialist?
Two OWS participants debate the ideology at the core of the anti-capitalist movement.
Sep 21, 2021 / The Debate / Natasha Lennard and Nikil Saval
Bernie Sanders Backs Canada’s Left Rival to Justin Trudeau Bernie Sanders Backs Canada’s Left Rival to Justin Trudeau
The New Democratic Party and its dynamic young leader, Jagmeet Singh, score a cross-border endorsement.
Sep 20, 2021 / Column / John Nichols
When Biden Met Bennett—and Gave His Blessing to Impunity When Biden Met Bennett—and Gave His Blessing to Impunity
No country has been in a better position to impose pressure on Israel than the United States, but most presidents never tried—including the current one.
Sep 20, 2021 / Henry Siegman