Society

Caster Semenya

Why Is a Private Sports Court Deciding Who Is Female? Why Is a Private Sports Court Deciding Who Is Female?

The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ruling against Caster Semenya is starting to unravel.

Jun 17, 2019 / Ronald Katz

Elon Musk SpaceX

The Case for Staying on Earth—With or Without Musk and Bezos The Case for Staying on Earth—With or Without Musk and Bezos

Why should we listen to zillionaires who want to abandon ship?

Jun 17, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Seeds of Violence

Seeds of Violence Seeds of Violence

We reap what we sow.

Jun 17, 2019 / OppArt / Jeff Gates

How Gay Icon Renaud Camus Became the Ideologue of White Supremacy

How Gay Icon Renaud Camus Became the Ideologue of White Supremacy How Gay Icon Renaud Camus Became the Ideologue of White Supremacy

The bizarre odyssey of the “great replacement” theorist shows that kitsch can kill.

Jun 17, 2019 / Feature / James McAuley

Megan Rapinoe Is Right to Not Sing the Anthem

Megan Rapinoe Is Right to Not Sing the Anthem Megan Rapinoe Is Right to Not Sing the Anthem

Megan Rapinoe won’t kneel for the anthem any longer. Now the right wants her to sing it as well. 

Jun 14, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Andrew Yang

Is Andrew Yang Serious or Kidding? It’s Dangerous Either Way. Is Andrew Yang Serious or Kidding? It’s Dangerous Either Way.

Blurring the lines between sincerity and irony in a presidential campaign is hazardous when the consequences are so real.

Jun 14, 2019 / Ed Burmila

Why Should I Embrace This Abomination of a Future?

Why Should I Embrace This Abomination of a Future? Why Should I Embrace This Abomination of a Future?

Another reader asks about his “so-called” Christian sister.

Jun 14, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

Tiffany Cabán

Tiffany Cabán Wants to Transform What It Means to Be a DA Tiffany Cabán Wants to Transform What It Means to Be a DA

The Queens candidate tells The Nation she would prosecute bad landlords, predatory lenders, and abusive employers—not black and brown communities.

Jun 13, 2019 / Q&A / Isabel Cristo

Central Park Five in 2012

Linda Fairstein Is Still Trying to Take Down the Central Park Five Linda Fairstein Is Still Trying to Take Down the Central Park Five

She’s using the media instead of the legal system, but her tactics are as corrupt as they were in 1989.

Jun 13, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Trump News Conference

The President Just Outlined the Most Damning Article of Impeachment The President Just Outlined the Most Damning Article of Impeachment

When Trump says he would collude with agents of foreign governments to influence US elections, he places himself in conflict with the Constitution.

Jun 13, 2019 / John Nichols

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