Politics

Gov. Gavin Newsom presents the nation's largest rent relief program as Part of the $100 Billion California Comeback Plan.

Homelessness Escalates as California’s Recall Election Nears Homelessness Escalates as California’s Recall Election Nears

The country's biggest blue state faces a potential upheaval.

Jul 30, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Washington Square Park protest

Welcome to Washington Square Park, Capital of Woke Bohemia Welcome to Washington Square Park, Capital of Woke Bohemia

A vibrant new youth scene is taking shape in Greenwich Village. Some people want to shut it down.

Jul 30, 2021 / Richard Goldstein

Nurses Know Better Than Kevin McCarthy: Bring Masks Back

Nurses Know Better Than Kevin McCarthy: Bring Masks Back Nurses Know Better Than Kevin McCarthy: Bring Masks Back

The National Nurses United union is pleading that masks be “universal, in all settings, for all people, regardless of vaccination status.”

Jul 29, 2021 / John Nichols

Homeless on the Range

Homeless on the Range Homeless on the Range

Between the lines.

Jul 29, 2021 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes

Joe Biden speaks at Mack Truck Lehigh Valley Operations

The Delta Variant: What Joe Biden Needs to Do Now The Delta Variant: What Joe Biden Needs to Do Now

Gregg Gonsalves on the pandemic, plus John Powers on Summer of Soul.

Jul 29, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

A cell block of Cummins Unit

Democrats Must Control the Crime Narrative Before It Controls Them Democrats Must Control the Crime Narrative Before It Controls Them

Democrats should offer their own 21st-century vision for reducing crime.

Jul 28, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Spread the Word

Spread the Word Spread the Word

Fighting hate is the battle.

Jul 28, 2021 / OppArt / Gabriel Thomas

Lebanon

The Trouble With ‘the LGBT Community’ The Trouble With ‘the LGBT Community’

Under capitalism, LGBT has become a convenient acronym to sell rainbow flags and political candidates.

Jul 28, 2021 / Rasha Younes

America Isn’t ‘Back.’ Here’s Why.

America Isn’t ‘Back.’ Here’s Why. America Isn’t ‘Back.’ Here’s Why.

Two decades of forever wars created a failing empire. Biden’s foreign policy is just continuing the destructive legacy.

Jul 28, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

What Happened to Andrew Cuomo?

What Happened to Andrew Cuomo? What Happened to Andrew Cuomo?

Ross Barkan’s The Prince tracks how the son of a progressive New York governor transformed into one focused on one thing above all else: power.

Jul 28, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Raina Lipsitz

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