There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle
Yes, Democrats must expand the courts. Here’s why, and here’s how.
Oct 15, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
Tree of Knowledge Tree of Knowledge
Encouraging people to vote.
Oct 15, 2020 / OppArt / Hooked Hands
The Power of Covid-Positive Thinking The Power of Covid-Positive Thinking
Trump's illness hasn't made him wiser, or more honest. But it has made him more dangerous.
Oct 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer for The Nation
Can We Really Achieve ‘Herd Immunity’? Can We Really Achieve ‘Herd Immunity’?
Gregg Gonsalves on Covid-19, plus Allissa Richardson on Black cell-phone videos.
Oct 15, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Can Trump Delay the Election? Amy Coney Barrett’s a Big Maybe on That One Can Trump Delay the Election? Amy Coney Barrett’s a Big Maybe on That One
For two day running, the court nominee has refused to say whether she will respect the clear intent of election laws and the Constitution.
Oct 14, 2020 / John Nichols
Journalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal Journalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal
Everyone’s talking about it—but in most journalism there’s no telling what the Green New Deal actually is.
Oct 14, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard
Barrett’s Evasions Show Why Expanding the Court Is Necessary Barrett’s Evasions Show Why Expanding the Court Is Necessary
The Republican deal with the devil to tolerate Trumpian corruption in exchange for a supermajority deserves both scorn and redress.
Oct 14, 2020 / Jeet Heer
The Devil in the Many Details of Amy Coney Barrett’s Testimony The Devil in the Many Details of Amy Coney Barrett’s Testimony
The nominee did her best to evade serious questions, but what she did say—about the ACA, Roe v. Wade, and the president’s power to delay elections—should terrify us all.
Oct 14, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Science Matters Science Matters
Ignoring health guidelines has consequences.
Oct 14, 2020 / OppArt / R. Sikoryak, Felipe Galindo, and Lalo Alcaraz
The Simple, Profound Message of Pope Francis’s New Encyclical The Simple, Profound Message of Pope Francis’s New Encyclical
Amid the pandemic and worsening marginalization, we have to get better at doing one thing: listening.
Oct 14, 2020 / Sister Simone Campbell