Bernie Sanders’s Third Campaign Bernie Sanders’s Third Campaign
As chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Sanders’s big-government message has found its moment.
Aug 23, 2021 / Feature / John Nichols
Seeing the Climate Crisis Through the Eyes of Henry Thoreau Seeing the Climate Crisis Through the Eyes of Henry Thoreau
“I walk toward one of our ponds,” Thoreau wrote in “Slavery in Massachusetts,” “but what signifies the beauty of nature when men are base?”
Aug 11, 2021 / Feature / Wen Stephenson
The Anti-Asian Roots of Today’s Anti-Immigrant Politics The Anti-Asian Roots of Today’s Anti-Immigrant Politics
Long before Trump, politicians on the country’s West Coast mobilized a white working-class base through violent hate of Chinese and Japanese immigrants.
Aug 9, 2021 / Feature / Mari Uyehara
The Tents of Venice Beach The Tents of Venice Beach
This summer, thanks in part to the spread of Airbnb properties, one of Los Angeles's most expensive neighborhoods filled up with tents housing displaced locals.
Aug 9, 2021 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
The Collapse of Wild Red Wolves Is a Warning That Should Worry Us All The Collapse of Wild Red Wolves Is a Warning That Should Worry Us All
If the government is already struggling to protect iconic creatures like wolves from extinction in the wild, how will it handle the daunting future?
Aug 2, 2021 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias
Bob Moses: The Fullness of the Man Bob Moses: The Fullness of the Man
More reflections on the passing of “a straight cat.”
Jul 29, 2021 / Feature / Charles M. Payne
Sexual Assault in the Military Is Still Going Unchecked. Will Congress Finally Act? Sexual Assault in the Military Is Still Going Unchecked. Will Congress Finally Act?
Over the past decade, the incident of sexual assault in the military has risen. Congress may finally have seen enough to mandate reforms.
Jul 27, 2021 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
Remembering Bob Moses, 1935–2021 Remembering Bob Moses, 1935–2021
His leadership ushered in alternative conceptions of gender, race, and political power that would, eventually, shake the world.
Jul 26, 2021 / Feature / Margaret Burnham
Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas
As sea levels rise, the landfills along the US coasts have become a ticking environmental time bomb. So why does the federal government have no plan to avoid this looming catastrop...
Jul 26, 2021 / Feature / Dave Lindorff
The Novel Solutions of Utopian Fiction The Novel Solutions of Utopian Fiction
Climate catastrophe has transformed a minor literary genre into an important tool of human thought.
Jul 16, 2021 / Feature / Kim Stanley Robinson