The Future of Public Health—or Lack Thereof—Under Trump The Future of Public Health—or Lack Thereof—Under Trump
Any significant influence of RFK Jr. in Trump’s orbit would represent a recklessness never before seen in America’s public health history.
Nov 12, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
Lore Segal’s Stubborn Optimism Lore Segal’s Stubborn Optimism
In her life and work, she moved through the world with a disarming blend of youthful curiosity and daring intelligence.
Nov 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Michele Moses
The Prison Rodeo at the Heart of Legal Enslavement The Prison Rodeo at the Heart of Legal Enslavement
Angola prison workers make between 2 and 40 cents an hour. They also have a controversial outlet for recreation and to vend their wares at market rate: a rodeo.
Nov 12, 2024 / Lauren Stroh
Trump Will Take Unilateral Presidential Powers to a New Level Trump Will Take Unilateral Presidential Powers to a New Level
With Donald Trump’s reelection, the slide toward a dangerously empowered president has reached a moment of reckoning,
Nov 11, 2024 / Karen J. Greenberg
Bernie Sanders Is Right: Democrats Have Abandoned the Working Class Bernie Sanders Is Right: Democrats Have Abandoned the Working Class
The party chased former Republicans and rich donors, while alienating the working-class majority.
Nov 11, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself. The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself.
The party should jettison its consultant class and move toward a local-membership model that would help to rejuvenate civic life across the country.
Nov 11, 2024 / Pete Davis
Here in Iowa, the Fight Goes On Here in Iowa, the Fight Goes On
In Johnson County, a record-breaking 87,012 people voted on Tuesday. Democrat Christina Bohannan beat the Republican incumbent by over 35,000 votes—just 800 shy of what she needed...
Nov 11, 2024 / Dave Leshtz
The Sheer Gusto of Jane DeLynn The Sheer Gusto of Jane DeLynn
1982’s In Thrall was a magnificent piece of queer fiction, at once comic and courageous.
Nov 11, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Colm Tóibín