Print Magazine January 23/30, 2023, Issue Cover art by: Victor Juhasz Purchase Current Issue or Login to Download the PDF of this Issue Download the PDF of this Issue Editorial Republicans Are Consigning the Poor to Disease and Death The GOP is refusing to fund government programs that help people avoid getting Covid. And the uninsured will suffer the most. Bryce Covert Protect Democracy by Bolstering Organized Labor The Democrats must adopt long-term strategies to address the ongoing threats to American democracy. Jacob M. Grumbach The Congressional Progressive Caucus Expands Democrats may have lost their majority, but many promising new members have secured roles in the House. Katrina vanden Heuvel Access to Journalism Is a Human Right Corporate overlords and repressive governments want to control the Internet. But information belongs to us. Maria Bustillos The Senate Puts Pregnant Workers on the Verge of Getting New Protections A bill to ensure that pregnant workers receive accommodations on the job has been approved as an amendment to the must-pass omnibus spending bill. Bryce Covert for The Nation Column Ye Is a Right-Wing Tool—and Black People Know It Anti-Semitic hatred has become entangled with many other forms of hatred; Ye is carrying water for all of them. Kali Holloway Hannah Arendt Was Really a Prophet Against Conformity To the question of how totalitarian methods could ever draw the compliance of free citizens, she replied: through the enchantment of success. David Bromwich George Santos Calvin Trillin Letters Letters From the January 23/30, 2023, Issue A bridge too far… Above the law… Our Readers Feature Why the Godfather of Human Rights Is Not Welcome at Harvard Kenneth Roth, who ran Human Rights Watch for 29 years, was denied a fellowship at the Kennedy School. The reason? Israel. Michael Massing US Democracy Is Under Attack. These Human Rights Defenders Are Not Backing Down. The progressives topping the 2022 Nation Honor Roll have refused to give up in the face of overwhelming challenges. John Nichols Pakistan’s Transgender Community Rises Up In the wake of changing legal standards recognizing the self-determination of gender identity, transgender Pakistanis are taking steps to live openly. Hasan Ali Books & the Arts The Fragile and Complex Worlds of George Saunders In his short fiction, Saunders reminds us that when it comes to ethical dilemmas there are often no clean ways out. Erin Somers The Past and Future of Mexican Chicago From the machine politicians in La Villita to the radicals in Pilsen, Mexican Chicagoans have played a central role in defining their city. Juan Ignacio Mora Subscribers Only Orlando Megan Fernandes Subscribers Only In the Wake of Ida Bernardo Wade Did New York’s Creative Spirit Revive During the Pandemic? In Feral City, Jeremiah Moss asks if Manhattan changed during the Covid years. Daniel Brook Recent Issues See All "swipe left below to view more recent issues"Swipe → October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 See All x
Republicans Are Consigning the Poor to Disease and Death The GOP is refusing to fund government programs that help people avoid getting Covid. And the uninsured will suffer the most. Bryce Covert
Protect Democracy by Bolstering Organized Labor The Democrats must adopt long-term strategies to address the ongoing threats to American democracy. Jacob M. Grumbach
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Expands Democrats may have lost their majority, but many promising new members have secured roles in the House. Katrina vanden Heuvel
Access to Journalism Is a Human Right Corporate overlords and repressive governments want to control the Internet. But information belongs to us. Maria Bustillos
The Senate Puts Pregnant Workers on the Verge of Getting New Protections A bill to ensure that pregnant workers receive accommodations on the job has been approved as an amendment to the must-pass omnibus spending bill. Bryce Covert for The Nation
Ye Is a Right-Wing Tool—and Black People Know It Anti-Semitic hatred has become entangled with many other forms of hatred; Ye is carrying water for all of them. Kali Holloway
Hannah Arendt Was Really a Prophet Against Conformity To the question of how totalitarian methods could ever draw the compliance of free citizens, she replied: through the enchantment of success. David Bromwich
Why the Godfather of Human Rights Is Not Welcome at Harvard Kenneth Roth, who ran Human Rights Watch for 29 years, was denied a fellowship at the Kennedy School. The reason? Israel. Michael Massing
US Democracy Is Under Attack. These Human Rights Defenders Are Not Backing Down. The progressives topping the 2022 Nation Honor Roll have refused to give up in the face of overwhelming challenges. John Nichols
Pakistan’s Transgender Community Rises Up In the wake of changing legal standards recognizing the self-determination of gender identity, transgender Pakistanis are taking steps to live openly. Hasan Ali
The Fragile and Complex Worlds of George Saunders In his short fiction, Saunders reminds us that when it comes to ethical dilemmas there are often no clean ways out. Erin Somers
The Past and Future of Mexican Chicago From the machine politicians in La Villita to the radicals in Pilsen, Mexican Chicagoans have played a central role in defining their city. Juan Ignacio Mora
Did New York’s Creative Spirit Revive During the Pandemic? In Feral City, Jeremiah Moss asks if Manhattan changed during the Covid years. Daniel Brook