It’s Not “Unreasonable” to Want to Change Our Rotten Health Care System It’s Not “Unreasonable” to Want to Change Our Rotten Health Care System
The pandemic showed how callous, unequal, and ineffective American health care can be—but some medical bigwigs seem to want people to stop pointing that out.
Jun 1, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves
Stoking the Fires of Racism Stoking the Fires of Racism
Trump’s appeal to hate groups.
D.D. Guttenplan on Biden and the Vision Thing; Plus Disappearing Islands D.D. Guttenplan on Biden and the Vision Thing; Plus Disappearing Islands
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, The Nation’s editor looks at the 2024 campaign, and Christina Gerhardt talks about climate change.
Jun 1, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Two Decades Later, We Still Know Too Little About the Government’s Torture Program Two Decades Later, We Still Know Too Little About the Government’s Torture Program
Attempts to keep that blindfold in place in the name of “national security” have helped sustain darkness over light.
Jun 1, 2023 / Karen J. Greenberg
I Was Vermont’s Democratic Nominee for Governor. I Have A Grave Warning for My Party. I Was Vermont’s Democratic Nominee for Governor. I Have A Grave Warning for My Party.
I am publicly pleading with the party that chose me as its standard-bearer to reverse a decision that will turbocharge our state's homelessness crisis.
Jun 1, 2023 / Brenda Siegel
Democrats Settled for a Raw Deal Democrats Settled for a Raw Deal
Biden’s concession to the House Freedom Caucus on the debt ceiling is nothing to celebrate.
May 31, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
If Ken Paxton’s Staff Can Do It, Why Can’t Dianne Feinstein’s? If Ken Paxton’s Staff Can Do It, Why Can’t Dianne Feinstein’s?
The Texas attorney general was impeached because his staff had the courage to sound the alarm about their boss. When will the senator’s staff be brave enough to do the same?
May 31, 2023 / Elie Mystal
There’s Never a Debt Ceiling for the Military-Industrial Complex There’s Never a Debt Ceiling for the Military-Industrial Complex
While the Biden-McCarthy deal denies food to hungry people, it increases Pentagon spending by tens of billions.
May 31, 2023 / John Nichols
How Scientific Publishers’ Extreme Fees Put Profit Over Progress How Scientific Publishers’ Extreme Fees Put Profit Over Progress
Last month, the editorial team of NeuroImage resigned over the “unethical fees” charged by the journal’s publisher, Elsevier. Can scientists ditch the for-profit system?
May 31, 2023 / StudentNation / Kayla Yup
How Ron DeSantis Botched His Launch How Ron DeSantis Botched His Launch
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Parker Molloy on how Elon Musk used the Florida governor.