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Caitlin Clark’s Lesson for White Athletes: Don’t Be a MAGA Pawn

Caitlin Clark’s Lesson for White Athletes: Don’t Be a MAGA Pawn Caitlin Clark’s Lesson for White Athletes: Don’t Be a MAGA Pawn

When given the lucrative chance to demonize a rival player, Clark chose a different path.

Apr 7, 2023 / Highlights / Dave Zirin

Senator Megan Hunt

Democrats Can Win on Trans Issues—but Only if They Fight Democrats Can Win on Trans Issues—but Only if They Fight

Though culture war bigotry loses at the ballot box, centrist Democrats have been too quick to surrender.

Apr 7, 2023 / Highlights / Jeet Heer

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a 2022 press conference

A Dream and a Lie: Ron DeSantis’s Twisted Race Pedagogy A Dream and a Lie: Ron DeSantis’s Twisted Race Pedagogy

The ultimate aim of  the Florida governor’s education platform is to depoliticize actually existing Black history

Mar 27, 2023 / Highlights / Anthony Conwright

A scene from All That Breathes.

A Meditation on Trans-Species Love A Meditation on Trans-Species Love

The Nation spoke with Shaunak Sen, whose film All That Breathes follows a bird hospital in New Dehli and the monumental mission of saving a city's dying black kites.

Mar 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jasmine Liu

Two boys with crew cuts raise an American flag

The Long History of Conservative Indoctrination in Florida Schools The Long History of Conservative Indoctrination in Florida Schools

The top educational priorities in the Sunshine State were apparently reading, writing, and anti-communism.

Feb 27, 2023 / Highlights / Tera W. Hunter

I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say.

I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say. I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say.

The Times is not alone in its obscene coverage of transgender people. 

Feb 23, 2023 / Highlights / Hanna Phifer

Sevgi Soysal’s Liberation of the Mind

Sevgi Soysal’s Liberation of the Mind Sevgi Soysal’s Liberation of the Mind

Her novel Dawn, which documents the discontents of the 20th century Turkish left, proposes that any account of historical upheaval requires equally radical artistic methods. 

Feb 13, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Shaj Mathew

The Shake-Up at the CDC Is an Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Miss

The Shake-Up at the CDC Is an Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Miss The Shake-Up at the CDC Is an Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Miss

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has made plenty of mistakes, but her push to overhaul the agency deserves our full support.

Feb 9, 2023 / Highlights / Gregg Gonsalves

Love in the Time of Chatbots

Love in the Time of Chatbots Love in the Time of Chatbots

Will dating as we know it change with the rise of AI? A recent book argues that it already has.

Jan 30, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Zachary Fine

Jasmine, 23, waits to receive an abortion at a Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic in West Palm Beach, Fla.

“Restore Roe” Is Not the Answer to the Abortion Access Crisis “Restore Roe” Is Not the Answer to the Abortion Access Crisis

We deserve better than the return of a law that never worked for everyone.

Jan 27, 2023 / Highlights / Mary Drummer

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