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Biden’s Recognition of Lula’s Win Is a Rebuke to Trumpism Biden’s Recognition of Lula’s Win Is a Rebuke to Trumpism

There’s a global battle over the future of democracy. With his stance on the Brazilian election result, Biden took a side.

Nov 1, 2022 / John Nichols

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party raises his fist as he delivers his first speech after his victory over then-President Jair Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party.

Lula Is President! Democracy—and the Planet—Has Won! Lula Is President! Democracy—and the Planet—Has Won!

Brazil is ready to rejoin the world and end its status as a pariah nation.

Nov 1, 2022 / Benjamin Fogel

A volunteer cuts out stickers outside of a satellite polling station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In This Time of “Polycrisis,” the Midterms Are More Critical Than Ever In This Time of “Polycrisis,” the Midterms Are More Critical Than Ever

The world’s multiplying crises must be addressed. The question is by whom.

Nov 1, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action

Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action

This week’s oral arguments made clear that the conservative justices will gut race-conscious admissions—and that the move won’t help Asian American students.

Nov 1, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Pamela Price

Can a District Attorney Dismantle Mass Incarceration and Fight for Gender Justice? Can a District Attorney Dismantle Mass Incarceration and Fight for Gender Justice?

Civil rights lawyer and anti-carceral feminist Pamela Price might just win the Alameda County DA seat—but can she resolve its contradictions?

Nov 1, 2022 / Piper French

Gun Rights Iowa

In Iowa, Voters Set Their Sights on Gun Rights In Iowa, Voters Set Their Sights on Gun Rights

Gun control advocates say a November ballot initiative will make regulations impossible. But the Supreme Court may have already made that a reality.

Nov 1, 2022 / StudentNation / Nina Baker

Meet the California State Senator Who Wants to Decriminalize Psychedelics

Meet the California State Senator Who Wants to Decriminalize Psychedelics Meet the California State Senator Who Wants to Decriminalize Psychedelics

Can Scott Wiener convince the state that his bill will reduce the “sheer misery” drug use is causing now?

Nov 1, 2022 / Feature / John Semley

Nation Poetry

Mama I Am Sorry Mama I Am Sorry

For the stillbirth and the live ones. For my books, degrees, and all the other1 ways I have betrayed you. For unlinking our arms a dozen times the year before2 your surgery, unconv…

Nov 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Cindy Juyoung Ok

Photo diagram from the Bruno Hauptman trial.

How the Courts Stack the Odds Against the Innocent How the Courts Stack the Odds Against the Innocent

A new book by Daniel Medwed examines the reasons the wrongfully convicted find it so hard to prove their innocence.

Nov 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jed S. Rakoff

How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice

How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice

Heavy-handed policing by Arkansas authorities—with an assist from the Trump and Biden Justice Departments—put Dawn Jeffrey in jail and left her fellow protesters demoralized and de...

Nov 1, 2022 / Feature / Aaron Miguel Cantú and Kandist Mallett

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