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Features
Lisa, Laquanda, Machelle, and Kenya Were Sentenced as Children to Die in Prison
Decades later, a Supreme Court ruling could give them their freedom.
Danielle Wolffe
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The Troubled Resentencing of America’s Juvenile Lifers
When SCOTUS outlawed mandatory juvenile life without parole, advocates celebrated—but the outcome has been anything but fair.
Jessica Pishko
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A Progressive Electoral Wave Is Sweeping the Country
The Trump-obsessed big media are mostly ignoring it, but Bernie-inspired activists are winning across the country—including in districts that went for Trump in 2016.
John Nichols
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Daring to Dream in the Age of Trump
Resistance is necessary, but it’s not enough to win the world we need.
Naomi Klein
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Editorials
Asking for a Friend: How Can a Working-Class Person Like Me Change the Democrats?
And another reader is struggling with Trump-induced anxiety.
Liza Featherstone
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Can Berniecrats Reclaim the Democratic Party?
Activists at this year’s diverse and optimistic People’s Summit think so.
D.D. Guttenplan
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Labour’s Near-Triumph Brings a New Morning to British Politics
Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership offered an end to austerity, a commitment to the public good, the faith that generosity is more powerful than greed.
Maria Margaronis
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Donald Trump’s Withdrawal From the Paris Accords Is a Crime Against Humanity
This is murder—even if Trump’s willful ignorance of climate science prevents him from seeing it as such.
Mark Hertsgaard
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Columns
Burning Down the House
Trump’s climate policy ignores our impending—and shared—global disaster.
Patricia J. Williams
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Lying About Climate Change Is What Makes a Good Republican
Yet instead of holding the Koch brothers’ lackeys to account, the media says the GOP’s murder-suicide policy can be chalked up in part to “Democratic hubris.”
Eric Alterman
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Books and the Arts
E.P. Thompson’s Search for a New Popular Front
Despite a lifetime of political disappointments, the historian never gave up on the prospects of a broad left-wing social movement.
Stefan Collini
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What Caused the Russian Revolution?
How historians narrate 1917 tells us as much about their politics as it does about what we can learn from the revolution’s failures.
Sophie Pinkham
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Wonder Women
If you’re looking for a heroine at the movies this summer, you should look beyond the latest superhero story.
Stuart Klawans
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Letters
Letters From the July 3-10, 2017, Issue
A struggle preserved in sepia… Debt and taxes—and family… Harshing the Dems’ Mello… Puzzled no more… Low notes… Web-only: Exchange between the Wildlife Conservation Society and Greg Grandin.
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