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Feature
Will the Left Get a Say in the Biden Doctrine?
Covid-19 creates an opportunity to shift foreign policy away from the military.
David Klion
McDonald’s Has a Real Sexual Harassment Problem
Since 2015, scores of women have accused the company of fostering a workplace rife with sexual harassment—and of turning its back when they reported mistreatment.
Bryce Covert
Editorial
Can We Attend a Big Fat Covid Wedding?
Another reader feels class resentment toward a friend riding out the pandemic at his country home.
Liza Featherstone
How to Move Biden Left
Biden’s climate policy is an invitation to movements to keep pushing the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
John Nichols
How to Steal an Election
A lesson in purging the rolls, blocking registration, and other manipulation tactics.
Ted Rall
and
Greg Palast
John Lewis Never Stopped Bending the Arc Toward Justice
In the last days of his life, the civil rights icon hailed Black Lives Matter protesters: “They’re going to help redeem the soul of America.”
John Nichols
Defending One Brooklyn Brownstone Is Just the Beginning
Eviction blockades and neighbors coming together might be tenants’ best defense against landlords.
Nawal Arjini
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Column
Is Our Generation Ready to Take Up the Torch That John Lewis Lit?
As legends like Lewis pass away, I wonder whether we’re prepared to become the new elders.
Elie Mystal
Wartime President
Calvin Trillin
Donald Trump’s Niece Dishes the Dirt
According to Mary Trump’s tell-all book, the president is still a little boy throwing a tantrum.
Katha Pollitt
Books & the Arts
The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’
The television adaptation of the Sally Rooney novel depicts how people can fall in love in a world structured by power.
Erin Schwartz
A Century of Struggle in Palestine
Rashid Khalidi’s new history offers a political and personal portrait of more than a hundred years of colonization and resistance in Palestine.
Kaleem Hawa
Little Pharma on Rooms
Laura Kolbe
For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’
Nomi Stone
A Thrilling Snapshot of the New Pop Avant-Garde
Recent albums from Perfume Genius and Yves Tumor restore the power of genre-bending music
Julyssa Lopez
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