Politics

View of the entrance to Julia Richman Education Complex High School on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York, N.Y.

To Reduce Inequality in Our Education System, Reduce Class Sizes To Reduce Inequality in Our Education System, Reduce Class Sizes

New York City has a rare opportunity to pass a hugely popular bill to shrink class sizes. So why are the mayor and the City Council speaker standing in its way?

Dec 9, 2021 / StudentNation / Leonie Haimson

Protect Human Rights Day, Every Day

Protect Human Rights Day, Every Day Protect Human Rights Day, Every Day

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed on December 10, 1948. This year’s theme is Equality.

Dec 9, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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What Should the Democrats Do About Rising Inflation? What Should the Democrats Do About Rising Inflation?

Doug Henwood argues that without raising taxes, many leftist policies will come with risks, while Lauren Melodia writes that the GOP is exaggerating inflation concerns.

Dec 9, 2021 / The Debate / Doug Henwood and Lauren Melodia

Holiday Giving: Second Pandemic Winter Edition

Holiday Giving: Second Pandemic Winter Edition Holiday Giving: Second Pandemic Winter Edition

Republicans are on the move, and so are Covid and climate change—give now, before things get even worse!

Dec 9, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt

What Will It Take to Build a Mass Movement for Abortion Rights?

What Will It Take to Build a Mass Movement for Abortion Rights? What Will It Take to Build a Mass Movement for Abortion Rights?

It’s time to turn a committed core of supporters into a force capable of reclaiming what has been lost.

Dec 9, 2021 / Amy Littlefield for The Nation

Joe Biden

Biden Shouldn’t Use the Summit for Democracy to Start More Cold Wars Biden Shouldn’t Use the Summit for Democracy to Start More Cold Wars

Growing tensions with Russia and China only reinforce the nationalist and militarist factions in all countries.

Dec 8, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Crumbling Constitution

Crumbling Constitution Crumbling Constitution

We the people.

Dec 8, 2021 / OppArt / Kirk Maynard

What We Can Learn From Sports Fandom’s Moral Drift

What We Can Learn From Sports Fandom’s Moral Drift What We Can Learn From Sports Fandom’s Moral Drift

Fandom has taken on the worst of the corrupted tribalism that has dominated so much of life outside the arena, the ballpark, and the stadium.

Dec 8, 2021 / Robert Lipsyte

Today’s GOP Would Excommunicate Bob Dole

Today’s GOP Would Excommunicate Bob Dole Today’s GOP Would Excommunicate Bob Dole

Dole felt his party had a duty to support voting rights. But his colleagues in Congress today would rather punish those in the GOP who choose to defend democracy.

Dec 8, 2021 / John Nichols

Protest, with someone holding a sign reading NO MANDATE OUR BODIES OUR CHOICE

The Right’s Bad-Faith Argument About Bodily Autonomy The Right’s Bad-Faith Argument About Bodily Autonomy

Justice Amy Coney Barrett wants to catch us in a trap where either we concede the state’s right to coerce reproduction or we abandon the state’s right to mandate vaccines.

Dec 8, 2021 / David M. Perry

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