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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

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

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

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

Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue

Demilitarize the police… The case for public banks… Wrestlemania… A perverse legacy… Spinning their wheels…

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