So Far, 2020 Has Been Our Year of Magical Thinking So Far, 2020 Has Been Our Year of Magical Thinking
No one is immune to the wish to return to normal life. But if we don’t learn to manage and resist it, 2021 could be the year of living—and dying—dangerously.
Aug 20, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves
School Reopenings Are Only Going to Get More Chaotic School Reopenings Are Only Going to Get More Chaotic
Trump gave up on controlling the virus, squandering our chance to reopen safely.
Aug 20, 2020 / StudentNation / Zoë Carpenter
When the LAPD Came Looking for a BLM Activist When the LAPD Came Looking for a BLM Activist
Melina Abdullah on police brutality, Katie Porter on voting by mail, and Jody Armour on unequal justice.
Aug 20, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
During the Conventions, the Media Needs to Be Treating Climate Like the Emergency It Is During the Conventions, the Media Needs to Be Treating Climate Like the Emergency It Is
It’s not an issue to be discussed. It’s a crisis.
Aug 19, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard
Enforcing Eviction Enforcing Eviction
As a national housing crisis approaches, the police side with property against people.
Aug 19, 2020 / Abigail Higgins and Olúfémi O. Táíwò
Milwaukee Has a Lot to Teach Joe Biden and the Democrats Milwaukee Has a Lot to Teach Joe Biden and the Democrats
Representative Gwen Moore spoke of a “city where blood was shed for labor rights, where a fugitive slave was freed from prison, where women’s right to vote was first ratified.”
Aug 19, 2020 / John Nichols
Back to School, Back to Covid? Back to School, Back to Covid?
The push to open schools puts kids’ lives at risk.
Aug 19, 2020 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
This Is What Dystopia Looks Like This Is What Dystopia Looks Like
Anticipating back-to-school, a teacher reflects on days past and the endless limbo of remote learning.
Aug 19, 2020 / StudentNation / Aaron Talley
Dissenting Delegates Send a Medicare for All Message to Joe Biden Dissenting Delegates Send a Medicare for All Message to Joe Biden
Biden is nominated, but even some of his own delegates say that he should embrace a single-payer response to America’s health care crisis.
Aug 19, 2020 / John Nichols
College Football Should Be Totally Shut Down, Even if It Hurts College Football Should Be Totally Shut Down, Even if It Hurts
Feel for the athletes missing their season, but understand the real game being played.
Aug 18, 2020 / Dave Zirin