Trump Toadies Control the Republican Party

The Republican Party’s official agenda is a capitulation to extremists and a display of distortion and aggression. 

Chris Lehmann

Across the Country, Students Are Fighting for Abortion Access

An October day of action is the latest sign that a new generation, emboldened by the overturn of Roe, is surging into political organizing.

Amy Littlefield

We Should Be Fighting for a World Without Adoption

If poverty, racism, and health care inequities were properly redressed, adoption would be a last resort.

Michele Merritt

Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop the Fighting in Ukraine

Kyiv deserves our economic support and military aid, but not American troops or nuclear ambiguity.

Kai Bird for The Nation

The Federal Reserve Attacks American Workers

Notes from Inflation Economics 101.

Robert Pollin

Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partes Tres

Calvin Trillin

Banning Books Is a Threat to Public Education

To say nothing of the fact that we don’t value reading enough in the first place!

Katha Pollitt

Democrats Still Aren’t Trying Hard Enough to Reclaim the Judiciary

If Democrats really want to take back the judicial branch, they can start by ditching an old tradition: the blue slip.

Elie Mystal

Letters From the October 31/November 7, 2022, Issue

Principled jurisprudence… Accountability for Ghouta…

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