What We Can Learn From Sports Fandom’s Moral Drift What We Can Learn From Sports Fandom’s Moral Drift
Fandom has taken on the worst of the corrupted tribalism that has dominated so much of life outside the arena, the ballpark, and the stadium.
Dec 8, 2021 / Robert Lipsyte
The Global Far Right Is Alive and Kicking The Global Far Right Is Alive and Kicking
And it hasn’t had this kind of opportunity for global expansion since fascism’s heyday in the 1930s.
Dec 7, 2021 / John Feffer
Ping!! How Those Trump/Russia Stories Got Shopped to the Media Ping!! How Those Trump/Russia Stories Got Shopped to the Media
Thanks to recent indictments and ongoing lawsuits about an alleged Trump computer back channel to Moscow, we can now see just how journalists got played—and who played them.
Dec 2, 2021 / Feature / Barry Meier
When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction
As almost happened in The War of the Worlds, we could kiss this planet goodbye—and if that’s not science fiction transformed into fact of the first order, what is?
Nov 26, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt
The Excommunication of Liz Cheney The Excommunication of Liz Cheney
It’s another sign that the GOP has become a cult of Trump.
Nov 23, 2021 / John Nichols
The Rise of the Right in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia The Rise of the Right in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia
From the vantage point of Washington, D.C., where masks are the indoor norm, the maskless scene in Georgia’s 14th district seems unreal.
Nov 19, 2021 / Barbara Koeppel
The Mess Democrats Are In The Mess Democrats Are In
If they fail to get their act together, they will suffer a defeat in the midterms that increases the likelihood of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Nov 12, 2021 / John Nichols for The Nation
Virginia Republicans Perfected the Post-Trump Dog Whistle Virginia Republicans Perfected the Post-Trump Dog Whistle
Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin figured out exactly how far, and how close, to keep Donald Trump.
Nov 11, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Here’s How the Democrats Can Win Back Rural Voters Here’s How the Democrats Can Win Back Rural Voters
Democrats have a rural problem. Our party’s failure to even seriously contest—let alone win—statehouses and congressional seats over so much of the electoral map leaves us perpetua...
Nov 10, 2021 / Jane Fleming Kleeb
Are We Ready for the Next Trump-Led Coup? Are We Ready for the Next Trump-Led Coup?
A succession of societies in the grip of a traumatic loss of global power have suffered coups, successful or not—and that includes the United States.
Oct 30, 2021 / Alfred McCoy