January 25/February 1, 2021, Issue

Cover art by: Justin Sullivan (photo) / Getty Images

Feature

These Progressives Helped Keep Hope Alive in 2020—and Prepare Us for 2021

The Nation’s annual honor roll recognizes progressive activists and leaders who helped keep hope alive and set the groundwork for transformational change in 2021.
John Nichols
Montana’s Face-Off Over Face Masks

What happens when too many people don’t care about saving lives.
Gwen Florio
Biden’s China Problem: Resisting a New Cold War in Asia

The breakdown of the neoliberal consensus creates an opening for a more progressive China policy—while also increasing the danger of war.
Jeet Heer
How the United States Chose to Become a Country of Homelessness

For months, our leaders have known that the Covid-19 crisis could force millions of people from their homes. They decided to let it happen.
Dale Maharidge

Editorial

Deb Haaland’s Cabinet Nomination Is a Triumph for Native Americans

We have turned a page in our nation’s history—not because the insiders wanted it, but because the people fought for it.
Julian Brave NoiseCat
Political Ineptitude Tempered Trump’s Fascist Behavior

There is nothing more fascist-like than Trump telling the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by.”
Mabel Berezin
Allegations of Fascism Distract From the Real Danger

The same system that often rendered Trump harmless fails most Americans.
Samuel Moyn
How Biden Can Save the USPS

He should take a cue from Trump and use the presidency as a bully pulpit for the Postal Service.
Jake Bittle
The Most Vital Transition Is Ours

Reading revives historical memory in the flat Zoom time of pandemic.
Peter Linebaugh
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Column

No Excuses: Biden Can Help End Racist Police Violence—From Day 1

The incoming president said Black Lives Matter. Now it’s time for him to prove he means it.
Elie Mystal
Covid-19 Has Been Hardest on Women

When money is tight and time is tighter, the basic structure of male supremacy shows itself to be remarkably intact.
Katha Pollitt
Silver Lining

Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

In the Epoch of Bronze

G.C. Waldrep
A Soundtrack for the American Subconscious

Oneohtrix Point Never’s latest album is not unlike a radio broadcast from another reality.
Bijan Stephen
The Hidden Workers of Silicon Valley

Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff’s Voices From the Valley examines how the tech world has redefined our understanding work.
Clio Chang
Anne Applebaum and the Crisis of Centrist Politics

In her new book, Applebaum attempts to understand why some of her intellectual bedfellows moved to the far right.
David Klion
Life Preserver

Javier Velaza
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