The School Board Culture War The School Board Culture War
Republicans are pushing national wedge issues to the local level, but smart progressives are beating them.
May 20, 2022 / Feature / John Nichols
Nations Are Nowhere on Their Climate Commitments, and Too Few Journalists Are Holding Them Accountable Nations Are Nowhere on Their Climate Commitments, and Too Few Journalists Are Holding Them Accountable
At a time of many crises, new climate reporting from The Guardian shows just how far off-target we’ve come.
May 19, 2022 / Andrew McCormick
If These Walls Could Talk If These Walls Could Talk
Women’s right to choose is under attack again.
May 19, 2022 / OppArt / Holly Ballard Martz
Immigrant Construction Workers Fight Back Against Exploitation Immigrant Construction Workers Fight Back Against Exploitation
Los Demolicionistas—“the Demolitionists”—have organized to stop nonunion employers from taking advantage of immigrant workers.
May 19, 2022 / Ashley Bishop
“Case Numbers Don’t Matter”—and Other Fatal Covid Fallacies “Case Numbers Don’t Matter”—and Other Fatal Covid Fallacies
The logic behind “cases don’t matter”—the drumbeat of medical professionals pushing us back to normal—is a direct violation of the oath to “first, do no harm.”
May 19, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
The Disastrous History of Rikers The Disastrous History of Rikers
How a failed agenda of jail reform produced one of the country's most infamous penal colonies.
May 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kay Gabriel
Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees
Racism lowers the floor for how all people are treated. But it’s not too late to change.
May 18, 2022 / Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani
Mass Shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. Mass Shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.
White supremacist targets African Americans (10 dead, several injured).
May 18, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Jeet Heer Departs Substack for “The Nation” Jeet Heer Departs Substack for “The Nation”
The prodigal son returns to the award-winning progressive outlet full-time with a new podcast, newsletter, and title.
May 18, 2022 / Press Room
Tucker Carlson’s Mouthpiece, Glenn Greenwald Tucker Carlson’s Mouthpiece, Glenn Greenwald
Eoin Higgins comes on the Time of Monsters podcast to discuss how the contrarian pundit is now whitewashing racism.