How the Kaepernick Effect Reached Small-Town Iowa How the Kaepernick Effect Reached Small-Town Iowa
Taking a knee was controversial in the NFL. Imagine the reaction in “Steve King country.”
Sep 24, 2021 / Dave Zirin
Republican Representative Lauren Boebert Goes Full Blunderbuss Republican Representative Lauren Boebert Goes Full Blunderbuss
The insurrection cheerleader’s HR 273 would spell the end of constituent services as we know it.
Sep 24, 2021 / Tom Gogola
Corporate America Cashed In on 9/11 Corporate America Cashed In on 9/11
The Pentagon’s spending surge made corporations a windfall.
Sep 24, 2021 / William D. Hartung
Congress’s Climate Bill Is a Major Story. Journalists Are Missing the Most Important Part. Congress’s Climate Bill Is a Major Story. Journalists Are Missing the Most Important Part.
If the US doesn’t get this right before November’s climate summit, it’ll severely limit the country’s power to influence global climate action.
Sep 23, 2021 / Andrew McCormick
Biden Wasn’t Elected to Scold Racist Border Agents—He Was Elected to Stop Them Biden Wasn’t Elected to Scold Racist Border Agents—He Was Elected to Stop Them
The White House bears full responsibility for the Border Patrol agents caught whipping Haitian migrants at the US-Mexico border.
Sep 23, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Has Big Pharma Bought Enough Democrats to Derail Biden’s Plan? Has Big Pharma Bought Enough Democrats to Derail Biden’s Plan?
If Democrats allow the party’s Manchinema wing to derail prescription drug pricing reforms, they could lose their ability to govern.
Sep 23, 2021 / Column / John Nichols
Dear Death Dear Death
Sexual harassment impacts millions of women around the world.
Sep 23, 2021 / OppArt / Renee Goust
Biden’s Disastrous Deportation of Haitians Biden’s Disastrous Deportation of Haitians
Amy Wilentz on the situation at the border, plus Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce on Occupy Wall Street 10 years after.
Sep 23, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
A Tough Candidate Forum in Virginia Previews the GOP Playbook for 2022 A Tough Candidate Forum in Virginia Previews the GOP Playbook for 2022
Democratic delegate Nancy Guy is facing an über-Trumper using culture war garbage against her. And it could work.
Sep 22, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Covid Strikes Homeless Housing Covid Strikes Homeless Housing
Honoring lives lost during the lockdown.
Sep 22, 2021 / OppArt / Chris Cardinale