Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue
Along the Texas border… Leveling up… In the vicinity of bigotry (web only)…
Mar 23, 2021 / Our Readers and Jeet Heer
The Massacre in Atlanta Was As Predictable as White Supremacy The Massacre in Atlanta Was As Predictable as White Supremacy
There are lots of people working overtime to try to prove that the mass shooting of six Asian women wasn’t motivated by bigotry. It was.
Mar 18, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies
How can the United States focus on new threats while sustaining endless wars and obsolete postures?
Mar 16, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Zoom Call With Destiny A Zoom Call With Destiny
A glimpse of the future and lessons for the present.
Mar 16, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
The Republicans’ Road Not Taken The Republicans’ Road Not Taken
In 2013, Republican strategists were honest about why Mitt Romney lost. They had a chance to heed the lessons—and then Trump blew it all up.
Mar 15, 2021 / Jon Wiener
A Fraud, Not a Lincoln A Fraud, Not a Lincoln
Liberals need a reckoning with the fortune they wasted on Never Trump charlatans.
Mar 10, 2021 / Jeet Heer
The Four Horsemen of the Media Apocalypse The Four Horsemen of the Media Apocalypse
The legacies of Trump, Limbaugh, Murdoch, and Ailes are a lasting plague of misinformation, propaganda, and fake news.
Mar 9, 2021 / Robert Lipsyte
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Is a Deadlier, More Delusional Alternative to Trump South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Is a Deadlier, More Delusional Alternative to Trump
The governor’s science denialism and Covid lies at CPAC far exceeded those of the former president.
Mar 5, 2021 / John Nichols
Florida Man Goes Fascist: An Encounter With Enrique Tarrio Florida Man Goes Fascist: An Encounter With Enrique Tarrio
The Proud Boys and their leader came to CPAC in a show of loyalty to Trump. And they have no plans to go away.
Mar 4, 2021 / Jared Olson
Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead
Beware the light at the end of the tunnel…
Mar 4, 2021 / Mike Davis for The Nation