The Successful Campaign to Block Matthew Rojansky’s Appointment Is Ominous for Biden’s Russia Policy The Successful Campaign to Block Matthew Rojansky’s Appointment Is Ominous for Biden’s Russia Policy
Recalibrating our relations to Russia—and reducing the tensions around Ukraine and the Russian border—surely must be part of that effort.
Apr 27, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Guilty, Guilty, Guilty
Covid à la Modi. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of April 19.
Apr 23, 2021 / Steve Brodner
Walter Mondale’s Decades-Long Crusade for Fair Housing and the Full Promise of Civil Rights Walter Mondale’s Decades-Long Crusade for Fair Housing and the Full Promise of Civil Rights
To the end of his life, Mondale waged the battle against segregation he had joined as the sponsor of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
Apr 23, 2021 / John Nichols
Fritz Mondale and Decency Fritz Mondale and Decency
Jimmy Carter thought the vice presidency was a “wasted national asset.” Walter Mondale, who died last week, changed that forever.
Apr 22, 2021 / Kai Bird
Reparations Reparations
Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer, leaders and visionaries (Media: found book, photos, shredded money, cotton, rusted padlock and chain.)
Apr 21, 2021 / OppArt / Wilhelmina Grant
These Attacks on Maxine Waters Reveal the Grifter Politics of Republican Dog-Whistlers These Attacks on Maxine Waters Reveal the Grifter Politics of Republican Dog-Whistlers
Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene would punish Waters for supporting the right to assemble and petition for the redress of grievances.
Apr 21, 2021 / John Nichols
Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News? Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News?
A sense of catastrophe has faded even as the environmental emergency has intensified.
Apr 20, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Got Vaccinated? Got Vaccinated?
Passport to greater freedom… carefully.
Apr 20, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Ron Hauge
Remembering Ramsey Clark 1927–2021 Remembering Ramsey Clark 1927–2021
There will never be another like him.
Apr 16, 2021 / Victor Navasky