Misinformation Is Destroying Our Country. Can Anything Rein It In? Misinformation Is Destroying Our Country. Can Anything Rein It In?
Trump is gone, but the right-wing media is alive and well—and will further undermine our democracy if we let it.
Apr 23, 2021 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
Notes on Cant—and Other Ways of Saying What We Don’t Mean Notes on Cant—and Other Ways of Saying What We Don’t Mean
A close relative of hypocrisy, cant speech conceals the iron fist of conformity inside the velvet glove of cliche.
Apr 23, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Fritz Mondale and Decency Fritz Mondale and Decency
Jimmy Carter thought the vice presidency was a “wasted national asset.” Walter Mondale, who died last week, changed that forever.
Apr 22, 2021 / Kai Bird
The Chauvin Verdicts and the Movement That Made Them Possible The Chauvin Verdicts and the Movement That Made Them Possible
Jody Armour on Minneapolis, plus Mark Hertsgaard on Earth Day.
Apr 22, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street
By enlisting community members across the US to peddle the best version of the Kingdom, the Saudi lobby has given its brand an American-as-apple-pie shine.
Apr 21, 2021 / Benjamin Freeman, Brian Steiner, and Leila Riazi
Reparations Reparations
Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer, leaders and visionaries (Media: found book, photos, shredded money, cotton, rusted padlock and chain.)
Apr 21, 2021 / OppArt / Wilhelmina Grant
These Attacks on Maxine Waters Reveal the Grifter Politics of Republican Dog-Whistlers These Attacks on Maxine Waters Reveal the Grifter Politics of Republican Dog-Whistlers
Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene would punish Waters for supporting the right to assemble and petition for the redress of grievances.
Apr 21, 2021 / John Nichols
Letter From Italy Letter From Italy
“It’s as quiet in our street as it was a year ago.”
Apr 21, 2021 / Daisy Cockburn
Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum
As climate change accelerates, it will become increasingly untenable to reduce US immigration and asylum policy to a question of border security.
Apr 21, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter
As Democrats Rise In Virginia, So Does Intra-Party Distrust As Democrats Rise In Virginia, So Does Intra-Party Distrust
The tensions resonate nationally: How much is the party committed to diversity and inclusion, versus protecting incumbents and the establishment?
Apr 20, 2021 / Joan Walsh