Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression
As the growing number of Black and Latinx voters threaten the GOP’s stranglehold on power, attempts to limit safe voting options during the pandemic reveal a deeper sickness in Tex...
Oct 16, 2020 / Michael Barajas and The Texas Observer
A Red Zone Grows in Brooklyn A Red Zone Grows in Brooklyn
To confront the rising Covid-19 caseload, New York City has to rebuild trust, with aid and sympathy for the affected communities in all their Jewish (and non-Jewish) diversity.
Oct 15, 2020 / Ross Perlin
‘Roe v. Wade’ Is Nonnegotiable ‘Roe v. Wade’ Is Nonnegotiable
Don’t believe the hot takes that say we can do without it.
Oct 15, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle
Yes, Democrats must expand the courts. Here’s why, and here’s how.
Oct 15, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
Tree of Knowledge Tree of Knowledge
Encouraging people to vote.
Oct 15, 2020 / OppArt / Hooked Hands
The Power of Covid-Positive Thinking The Power of Covid-Positive Thinking
Trump's illness hasn't made him wiser, or more honest. But it has made him more dangerous.
Oct 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer for The Nation
Can We Really Achieve ‘Herd Immunity’? Can We Really Achieve ‘Herd Immunity’?
Gregg Gonsalves on Covid-19, plus Allissa Richardson on Black cell-phone videos.
Oct 15, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Can Trump Delay the Election? Amy Coney Barrett’s a Big Maybe on That One Can Trump Delay the Election? Amy Coney Barrett’s a Big Maybe on That One
For two day running, the court nominee has refused to say whether she will respect the clear intent of election laws and the Constitution.
Oct 14, 2020 / John Nichols
Journalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal Journalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal
Everyone’s talking about it—but in most journalism there’s no telling what the Green New Deal actually is.
Oct 14, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard