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Feature
How Fran Drescher Went From TV Nanny to Union Boss
Drescher was once network TV’s working-class darling—now, as head of SAG-AFTRA, does she have what it takes to marshal the collective power of a deeply divided union?
Piper French
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Does the Harvard Kennedy School Serve the People—or Power?
The elite public policy and government school may have reversed course on Kenneth Roth, but its deep ties to Wall Street and Washington remain.
Michael Massing
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One Runner’s Journey to Freedom
For 14-year-old Adam, who is waiting at a Libyan shelter for a clear path to safety, running might be his only way to escape.
Jérôme Tubiana
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Editorial
Trump Is Fighting His Indictment Like a Lawless Thug
He would rather threaten violence outside of a courthouse than make a reasonable argument inside of one.
Elie Mystal for The Nation
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We Must Challenge the Bipartisan War Party
Biden’s four-front global crusade against perceived enemies threatens our future.
Jeff Faux
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The Epidemic of School Shootings
More than 300,000 students have experienced gun violence in their schools since the Columbine High School massacre of April 20, 1999.
The Nation
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The Zombie Populism of Today’s GOP
The right’s crass appropriation of anti-elitist rhetoric makes less sense than ever. That doesn’t mean it’s going away.
Chris Lehmann
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Should Courts Be Able to Mandate Psychiatric Care?
Sasha Abramsky argues that court-mandated care connects unhoused individuals to supportive services, while Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu and Ruth Sangree write that psychiatric incarceration is cruel and ineffective.
Sasha Abramsky, Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu and Ruth Sangree
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Column
Sexual Harassment Is a Civil, Not Criminal, Offense
Cuomo and his enablers rely on the public’s lazy understanding of the legal system.
Alexis Grenell
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How Open Bargaining—and Not Letting Management Set the Ground Rules—Led to a Union Victory
In 2017, Kentucky became the most recent “right-to-work” state in the US. Which makes the recent victory by the Amalgamated Transit Union all the more significant.
Jane McAlevey
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Books & the Arts
The Palo Alto System
Malcolm Harris’s new history of his hometown dispenses with the sentimental lore and examines how it has long been the seedbed for exploitation, chaos, and ecological degradation.
Jonathan Lethem
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Emma Cline’s Novel of Pool Parties and Class Conflict
Full of suspense and subterfuge, The Guest turns a story about a summer on Long Island into a thriller about what it takes to survive.
Jennifer Wilson
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The Liberal Discontents of Francis Fukuyama
“The End of History?” was more than just commentary; it was an announcement of victory. And yet, nearly a quarter-century later, its author remains unsure if liberalism truly won.
Daniel Bessner
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Jenny Odell’s Search for a New Kind of Time
Can we escape capitalism’s persistent and relentless demand that we turning our waking hours into products and profits?
Sarah Jaffe
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C.L.R. James, Man of Paradox
A new biography examines the revolutionary possibilities and radical contradictions at the heart of James’s life and ideas.
Gerald Horne
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The Ghosts of the British Empire
In his new book Empireland, Sathnam Sanghera examines how the British Empire’s pieties and fictions persist to this day.
Priya Satia
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