Abortion Bans Have No Respect for Life, Fairness, or Equality Abortion Bans Have No Respect for Life, Fairness, or Equality
Why a spate of restrictive new bills will hurt poor and minority women the most.
May 17, 2019 / Laila Lalami
Both Saudi Arabia and the United States Are Probably Guilty of War Crimes in Yemen Both Saudi Arabia and the United States Are Probably Guilty of War Crimes in Yemen
The Saudi coalition deliberately targets civilians with US weapons—and US officials have known this for years.
May 17, 2019 / Mohamad Bazzi
Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality
His new book, The Privileged Poor, examines the way elite colleges and universities welcome, and don’t welcome, students from the working classes.
May 17, 2019 / Q&A / Edwin Aponte
The Political Power of the Green New Deal The Political Power of the Green New Deal
Climate activists are pushing Democratic candidates to give voters “something worth voting for.”
May 17, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter
Roe v. Wade Threatened Again Roe v. Wade Threatened Again
States’ cynical laws to overturn a woman’s right to chose.
May 17, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Rudy Cancels His Trip Rudy Cancels His Trip
He isn’t going to Ukraine. Alas. We hoped and prayed in vain That he would go and then explain That there he wanted to remain.
May 17, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
End of the Roe End of the Roe
May 17, 2019 / Jen Sorensen
Letters From the June 3-10, 2019, Issue Letters From the June 3-10, 2019, Issue
A priceless answer… On the record… Corrections and clarifications
May 17, 2019 / Our Readers
How Lobbying Firms Helped Destroy Yemen How Lobbying Firms Helped Destroy Yemen
In 2018 alone, weapons manufacturers—who spend millions in lobbying efforts to retain political support in Washington—made over $5 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the Uni...
May 16, 2019 / Mashal Hashem and James Allen
Joe Biden’s Conflict of Interest on Ukraine Joe Biden’s Conflict of Interest on Ukraine
If Biden wants to be president, he should pledge that his son will disentangle himself from investments that could impact foreign policy.
May 16, 2019 / Lev Golinkin