25 Years Ago, the Battle of Seattle Showed Us What Democracy Looks Like 25 Years Ago, the Battle of Seattle Showed Us What Democracy Looks Like
The protests against the WTO Conference in 1999 were short-lived. But their legacy has reverberated through American political life ever since.
Nov 29, 2024 / Colette Shade
The Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Solve Their Plutocracy Problem The Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Solve Their Plutocracy Problem
The party’s habitual deference to big donors makes it impossible to effectively oppose Trumpism.
A 150-Year Critique of the Electoral College A 150-Year Critique of the Electoral College
As far back as the 1870s, The Nation opposed the existence of the Electoral College as "so grotesque as to be almost ludicrous.”
Nov 28, 2024 / Richard Kreitner
Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands
Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / Nov 28, 2024 Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, M.V. Ramana on the tech industry’s pus…
Nov 28, 2024 / Podcast
Biden Should Use His Pardon Power for More Than Just Turkeys Biden Should Use His Pardon Power for More Than Just Turkeys
More than 65 members of Congress have asked Biden to use his clemency power to “address long-standing injustices in our legal system.”
Nov 28, 2024 / John Nichols
The Democrats Disregarded Poor and Low-Income Voters—to Their Peril The Democrats Disregarded Poor and Low-Income Voters—to Their Peril
Poverty is clearly anything but a marginal experience—and yet, as in the last election, it’s repeatedly minimalized and dismissed in our nation’s politics.
Nov 27, 2024 / Shailly Gupta Barnes and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
Forgotten Recent History Forgotten Recent History
Igniting resentment, exploding war.
Nov 27, 2024 / OppArt / Seth Tobocman
The “Worst COP” Concludes With a “Heartbreaking” Climate-Finance Deal The “Worst COP” Concludes With a “Heartbreaking” Climate-Finance Deal
Activists say the climate agreement effectively signed away the 1.5-degree Celsius target—”our only real chance to safeguard humanity’s future.”
Nov 27, 2024 / Carol Schaeffer
Rain and Mountains Rain and Mountains
Pages from a novelist’s notebook.
Nov 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Orhan Pamuk
Exploiting Trump’s Weaknesses—Plus, Mass Deportation in US History Exploiting Trump’s Weaknesses—Plus, Mass Deportation in US History
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson analyzes splits between MAGA and the Republicans, and Eric Foner explains efforts to remove whole populations in the 19th-ce...
Nov 27, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener