Print Magazine March 8/15, 2021, Issue Cover art by: Adriano Alecchi / Mondadori Portfolio by Getty Images Purchase Current Issue or Login to Download the PDF of this Issue Download the PDF of this Issue Editorial Before Forcing the Vote on Medicare for All, We Must Build Power Overcoming the ruthless opposition of the health care industry will take a mass movement. Natalie Shure We Can’t Miss the Next Chance to Force the Vote on Medicare for All The tactic helps pinpoint which Democrats value donors over working people. Chase Iron Eyes Will Biden Really End Our Endless Wars? His pledge to end US support for the Yemen war and to prioritize diplomacy was a good start—but there’s much more to be done. William D. Hartung Impeachment Was Only the Beginning Trump’s two impeachments are just the start of a long struggle to turn the former president into a pariah. Jeet Heer for The Nation Rennie Davis, 1940–2021 “It was there that I learned about the Democratic National Convention,” he said. “It was there that I made the decision: I am going to Chicago.” Jon Wiener Will We Ever Fully Understand Humans’ Impact on Nature? A conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert about her new book, efforts to “control the control of nature,” and how the climate beat has changed. Naomi Elias Column The Trumpers Among Us Liberals call for unity, but 74 million Americans voted for its opposite. Katha Pollitt The GOP’s 2022 Strategy: Voter Suppression or Bust After failing to suppress enough Black votes to steal the 2020 election, Republicans are preparing for a heist the next time around. Elie Mystal Subscribers Only Josh Hawley Calvin Trillin Letters Letters From the March 8/15, 2021, Issue The meaning of masks… Post officers?… Rightward tilt… The days ahead… Voters strike back… Our Readers Feature The Communist Designer, the Fascist Furniture Dealer, and the Politics of Design A tale of two bookcases. Glenn Adamson As the Pandemic Raged, Abortion Access Nearly Flickered Out Countless quiet acts of heroism were required for those who needed abortions to get them. And still, not everyone did. Amy Littlefield Natalie Wynn Wants to Redistribute the Goddamn Champagne The lavish pleasures of the YouTube star stand out against the dour solemnity of the left. Liza Featherstone Books & the Arts New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade Even after slave trade was banned, the United States and New York City, in particular, were complicit in allowing it to persist. Gerald Horne What Comes After Meritocracy? The long-standing focus by liberals on meritocratic advancement has isolated the working class. Elizabeth Anderson Elena Ferrante’s Class Dramas Her latest novel, The Lying Life of Adults, mines the contradictions of class identity. Jennifer Wilson Ephemera Afaa M. Weaver Recent Issues See All "swipe left below to view more recent issues"Swipe → December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 See All x
Before Forcing the Vote on Medicare for All, We Must Build Power Overcoming the ruthless opposition of the health care industry will take a mass movement. Natalie Shure
We Can’t Miss the Next Chance to Force the Vote on Medicare for All The tactic helps pinpoint which Democrats value donors over working people. Chase Iron Eyes
Will Biden Really End Our Endless Wars? His pledge to end US support for the Yemen war and to prioritize diplomacy was a good start—but there’s much more to be done. William D. Hartung
Impeachment Was Only the Beginning Trump’s two impeachments are just the start of a long struggle to turn the former president into a pariah. Jeet Heer for The Nation
Rennie Davis, 1940–2021 “It was there that I learned about the Democratic National Convention,” he said. “It was there that I made the decision: I am going to Chicago.” Jon Wiener
Will We Ever Fully Understand Humans’ Impact on Nature? A conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert about her new book, efforts to “control the control of nature,” and how the climate beat has changed. Naomi Elias
The Trumpers Among Us Liberals call for unity, but 74 million Americans voted for its opposite. Katha Pollitt
The GOP’s 2022 Strategy: Voter Suppression or Bust After failing to suppress enough Black votes to steal the 2020 election, Republicans are preparing for a heist the next time around. Elie Mystal
Letters From the March 8/15, 2021, Issue The meaning of masks… Post officers?… Rightward tilt… The days ahead… Voters strike back… Our Readers
The Communist Designer, the Fascist Furniture Dealer, and the Politics of Design A tale of two bookcases. Glenn Adamson
As the Pandemic Raged, Abortion Access Nearly Flickered Out Countless quiet acts of heroism were required for those who needed abortions to get them. And still, not everyone did. Amy Littlefield
Natalie Wynn Wants to Redistribute the Goddamn Champagne The lavish pleasures of the YouTube star stand out against the dour solemnity of the left. Liza Featherstone
New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade Even after slave trade was banned, the United States and New York City, in particular, were complicit in allowing it to persist. Gerald Horne
What Comes After Meritocracy? The long-standing focus by liberals on meritocratic advancement has isolated the working class. Elizabeth Anderson
Elena Ferrante’s Class Dramas Her latest novel, The Lying Life of Adults, mines the contradictions of class identity. Jennifer Wilson