Asking “What About…?” Is Essential to Achieving Justice

Selective empathy prevents us from making connections.

Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Best Economists Uber Could Buy

Why would some of the world’s leading economists overstate driver incomes?

Doug Henwood

Biden’s Troubling Response to “Dobbs”

The president does not seem to understand his responsibilities to the voters who elected him.

Andrea Grimes for The Nation

Food Prices Are Up. A “Bean New Deal” May Be the Answer.

With prices for poultry and beef continuing to rise, the government should ease spending on meat and pay farmers to plant beans.

Matthew Miles Goodrich

The So-Called “Pro-Life” Movement Couldn’t Care Less About the Living

Abortion opponents claim to be advocates for the unborn. But they don’t lift a finger to help families facing hardship.

Katha Pollitt

Could GOP States Really Stop Pregnant People From Traveling to Get Abortions?

Conservative legislatures shouldn’t be able to pass fugitive womb laws, but that doesn’t mean they won’t do it anyway—and get away with it.

Elie Mystal

Mohammed bin Salman

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the August 8/15, 2022, Issue

Whole Earth generation… Maier and McCarthyism…

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