The Real Reasons Texas’s Power Grid Is So Vulnerable The Real Reasons Texas’s Power Grid Is So Vulnerable
What’s happening in Texas is not an indicator that renewable energy is less reliable—it’s a signal that our infrastructure is frighteningly unprepared for extreme weather.
Feb 19, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter
When Rush Limbaugh Was Too Racist for The NFL When Rush Limbaugh Was Too Racist for The NFL
Rush didn’t attack the NFL franchise owners for his rejection, which says everything about who he was and who he served.
Feb 19, 2021 / Dave Zirin
What Was Rush Limbaugh So Afraid Of? What Was Rush Limbaugh So Afraid Of?
The late bully’s 30-year reign on talk radio traced and drove the rise of a grievance politics that led to Trump—and the January 6 violence.
Feb 18, 2021 / Joan Walsh
While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal
Republican politicians try—and fail—to deflect blame with outrageous spin.
Feb 18, 2021 / John Nichols
The Trumpers Among Us The Trumpers Among Us
Liberals call for unity, but 74 million Americans voted for its opposite.
Feb 18, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Poetry and Truth Poetry and Truth
Amanda Gorman, national youth poet laureate.
Feb 18, 2021 / OppArt / Hooked Hands
Republicans After Trump Republicans After Trump
Rick Perlstein on the future of the GOP, plus Alan Minsky on what a true economic recovery should look like.
Feb 18, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
We Need a Racial Reckoning to Save Democracy We Need a Racial Reckoning to Save Democracy
We must undergo a truth and reconciliation process in order to establish a new civic consensus.
Feb 17, 2021 / Megan Ming Francis and Deepak Bhargava
The Trump-McConnell Death Match Is Good for Dems—and the Country The Trump-McConnell Death Match Is Good for Dems—and the Country
The prospect of a fracturing Republican Party presents both opportunities and dangers.
Feb 17, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Can the NAACP Succeed Where Everyone Else Has Failed? Can the NAACP Succeed Where Everyone Else Has Failed?
The organization is suing Trump on behalf of Representative Bennie Thompson, a survivor of the Capitol insurrection, under the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act.
Feb 17, 2021 / Elie Mystal