January 10/17, 2022, Issue

Cover art by: Serge Bloch

Feature

These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022

For a year that saw progress come slowly and presidential approval ratings decline, these progressives held the line, speaking truth to power, defending democracy, and showing up for the American people.
John Nichols
When Whiny, Incompetent Nazis Lost Big

The civil trial of the white supremacists who planned the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017 brought some measure of justice. But the threat of violence still looms large.
Joan Walsh
How Workers Can Win in 2022

They need to create a crisis in order to turn this country around.
Jane McAlevey
One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal.

J. Edgar Hoover had both of them in his sights. Yet neither one was ever arrested. The untold story of how the Hall brothers beat the FBI.
Dave Lindorff

Editorial

Join a Union—but Also Join a DAO

DAOs aren’t a substitute for the labor movement, but they can be a powerful tool to fund creative projects collectively.
Daisy Alioto
For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another

Since the West abandoned Afghanistan, the violence of the occupation has ended but hunger and the cruelties of the Taliban have taken its place.
Ali M. Latifi
The Mayor Nobody Knows

Eric Adams takes office without having had much to say about how—or in whose interests—he’ll govern New York City.
Ross Barkan
The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care

Why does the richest country in the world have the most Covid deaths? A primary reason is that the United States does not have a free, universal health care system.
Abdullah Shihipar for The Nation
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Column

Why Democrats Started Fixating on Inflation

Anticipating an impact on their electoral fortunes, Democrats are hoping to get ahead on a pressing question.
Aída Chávez
Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory?

Black parents overwhelmingly support teaching about race and racism in school. Why aren’t we hearing from them?
Kali Holloway
Averting Climate Catastrophe Should Be Issue Number One

And now is the time to explain why.
David Bromwich
Subscribers Only Why Those Texts Had No Effect

Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza”

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film is his most personal work yet.
Vikram Murthi
The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement

Why is Mark Levin’s American Marxism so popular?
Michael Kazin
Maggie Nelson and the Evolving Politics of Liberation

In her new book, Nelson examines the politics of freedom on the left and the right.
Jennifer Wilson
Forever Homeless

Mosab Abu Toha
Another Name for America Is Time

Ama Codjoe
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