Politics

Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels

Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels

A true commitment to climate justice is much broader: It necessarily entails building local resilience to climate impacts.

May 7, 2021 / StudentNation / Matthew Sehrsweeney

Guantanamo Protest

Can Guantánamo Ever Be Shut Down? Can Guantánamo Ever Be Shut Down?

Dealing with the forever prison of America’s endless wars.

May 7, 2021 / Karen J. Greenberg

Arizona voters

The Arizona GOP’s Attack on Democracy The Arizona GOP’s Attack on Democracy

The Republican Party is determined to hold power, even against the will of the electorate. But working-class immigrants are fighting back.

May 7, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Liz Cheney and Mitch McConnell

Liz Cheney Is Not Your Friend Liz Cheney Is Not Your Friend

Just because she’s not getting along with Trump and Kevin McCarthy doesn’t make the current Cheney any less of a vitriol-spewing extremist.

May 6, 2021 / John Nichols

Stacey Abrams

Heroes: Stacey Abrams Heroes: Stacey Abrams

Fighting the GOP’s voter suppression.

May 6, 2021 / OppArt / Kate Sullivan

Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’

Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’ Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’

Reading poetry over the phone, David Ferry and loved ones find an antidote to loneliness.

May 5, 2021 / Elizabeth Emma Ferry and Stephen Ferry

Chevron oil refinery

The Biden State Department Nominee Who Worked for Saudi Arabia and Big Oil The Biden State Department Nominee Who Worked for Saudi Arabia and Big Oil

Financial disclosure forms reveal that one of the president’s nominees, Jose Fernandez, worked for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and fossil fuel companies, including Chevro...

May 5, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Racism

How Racism Feels How Racism Feels

Black lives matter.

May 5, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill

Amanda Chase at a pro-gun rally

Virginia Republicans Are Disenfranchising Their Own Voters Virginia Republicans Are Disenfranchising Their Own Voters

Even with 37 (count ’em) nominating conventions for the gubernatorial primary, the party shut out about 98 percent of potential GOP voters. Is this their vision for the future of v...

May 5, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Dragon fire-blasting a knight

Republicans Will Punish Democrats for Every Reform They Make Republicans Will Punish Democrats for Every Reform They Make

But that shouldn’t stop Democrats from embracing big and sweeping changes while they can.

May 5, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal

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