Undanced Dances During a Pandemic Undanced Dances During a Pandemic
From inside a California prison come choreographies of the mind.
Apr 14, 2021 / Suchi Branfman
Trump Bump Gives Way to Post-Trump Slump Trump Bump Gives Way to Post-Trump Slump
Sixty years ago the radical journalist I.F. Stone attended John F. Kennedy’s first press conference. Immune—or so he thought—to the new president’s charm, Stone had spent the 1960…
Apr 14, 2021 / D.D. Guttenplan
The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine
The Twitter epidemiologists convinced that regulators bungled the decision make for entertaining reading—but they’re wrong.
Apr 13, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy? Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy?
The US can’t afford to be the “indispensable nation” abroad while rebuilding at home.
Apr 13, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade
Nearly 80 congressional Democrats have called on the Biden administration to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade immediately.
Apr 13, 2021 / Aída Chávez
Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Is Designed to Fail Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Is Designed to Fail
Biden’s recently announced commission to study court reform isn’t designed to offer solutions—it’s designed to be an excuse to do nothing.
Apr 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Solidarity With the Asian Community Solidarity With the Asian Community
People around the country showing up, in solidarity with the Asian/AAPI Community. Vigil: Upper Manhattan, March 2021.
Apr 13, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense than Trump Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense than Trump
The president’s plan to hike Pentagon spending draws a rebuke from progressives.
Apr 13, 2021 / John Nichols
How Antidiscrimination Law Fails Black Mothers How Antidiscrimination Law Fails Black Mothers
Title VII’s short period for filing a complaint harms one of the very populations the law is meant to protect: pregnant or nursing mothers—especially mothers of color.
Apr 13, 2021 / Alison Wellford
A Plea to President Biden to Stop Perpetuating Racist Tax Policy A Plea to President Biden to Stop Perpetuating Racist Tax Policy
Even if the president managed to vanquish racism in every other part of government, failing to address its role in our tax system would be a tragedy.
Apr 13, 2021 / Steven Dean