What a Midwestern Presidential Candidate Learned From Marxist Intellectuals What a Midwestern Presidential Candidate Learned From Marxist Intellectuals
Pete Buttigieg’s father was a Gramsci scholar—but he taught his son more about ethics than revolution.
Feb 12, 2019 / Sara Marcus
Andrea Stewart-Cousins Is Albany’s Best Hope Andrea Stewart-Cousins Is Albany’s Best Hope
The New York State Senate’s new majority leader is championing women’s rights—and giving Governor Andrew Cuomo a piece of her mind.
Feb 12, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz
For Criminal Justice Reform, the First Step Act Is Just the Start For Criminal Justice Reform, the First Step Act Is Just the Start
Progressives should seize on the law’s momentum and help it grow.
Feb 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Howard Schultz Has Nothing to Say Howard Schultz Has Nothing to Say
He has no ideas to confront the real problems facing America, just a lot of dollars and a big ego.
Feb 12, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks at ‘The Nation’ Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks at ‘The Nation’
On Governor Ralph Northam and Virginia’s political crisis.
Feb 11, 2019 / The Nation
Reactionaries Call the Green New Deal ‘Radical,’ Like That’s a Bad Thing Reactionaries Call the Green New Deal ‘Radical,’ Like That’s a Bad Thing
Supporters of action on climate change must borrow a page from FDR by laughing off critics—recognizing that there are times when we must indeed be radical.
Feb 11, 2019 / John Nichols
A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case
After Sheff v. O’Neill, Hartford, Connecticut, created a new model for school integration. Now a conservative law firm wants to dismantle it.
Feb 11, 2019 / Rachel M. Cohen
John Dingell Kept the Faith, From the New Deal to ‘Medicare for All’ John Dingell Kept the Faith, From the New Deal to ‘Medicare for All’
The veteran congressman, who has died at age 92, always understood that health care is a right.
Feb 8, 2019 / John Nichols
Trump’s ‘Caravan’ Is a Made-up Monster Fabricated by the Far Right Trump’s ‘Caravan’ Is a Made-up Monster Fabricated by the Far Right
How a group of white nationalists lobbied the President to turn desperate refugees into the enemy.
Feb 8, 2019 / Ian Allen
George Grosz: A Biography of the Political Artist George Grosz: A Biography of the Political Artist
Based on an interview with the artist’s son.
Feb 8, 2019 / OppArt / Lance Hansen