“You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers “You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to keep punitive segregation going in an attempt to curb the jails’ exploding violence.
Jan 11, 2022 / Victoria Law
Letters From the January 17/24, 2022, Issue Letters From the January 17/24, 2022, Issue
Josephine Baker's French exile… Climate wars… A report worth reading… Build Back Better, please…
Jan 11, 2022 / Our Readers
Rise of the Far-Right Ultras Rise of the Far-Right Ultras
In Far-Right Vanguard, John Huntington shows just how porous the dividing line has been between the far right and mainstream conservatism.
Jan 11, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are? Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are?
The court’s conservative justices are opposed to vaccine “mandates” not because they’re anti-vax but because they’re anti-labor.
Jan 10, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Attention, Democrats: The Constitution Trumps the Filibuster Attention, Democrats: The Constitution Trumps the Filibuster
In the case of voting rights legislation, the filibuster is not applicable, or even relevant.
Jan 10, 2022 / Herman Schwartz
When Will David Brooks Admit That Conservatism Paved the Way for Trump? When Will David Brooks Admit That Conservatism Paved the Way for Trump?
The New York Times columnist’s nostalgia whitewashes a nastier and much more consequential history.
Remembering 1/6 Remembering 1/6
Fire this time. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of January 3.
Jan 7, 2022 / Steve Brodner
Democracy Is on the Ballot in 2022. Summer Lee Is Ready for This Fight. Democracy Is on the Ballot in 2022. Summer Lee Is Ready for This Fight.
Midterm candidates like Pennsylvania’s Lee are prepared to hold insurrectionist Republicans to account and to boldly defend free elections.
Jan 7, 2022 / John Nichols
Oil Companies Have Known for Decades Oil Companies Have Known for Decades
They’ve promoted climate change doubt and we all pay.
Jan 7, 2022 / OppArt / Peter Kuper