Politics

Carol Joyner

Jobs for Men but Not for Women? Jobs for Men but Not for Women?

Though sex-based discrimination is no longer legal, it still structures American employment. Passing the Build Back Better bill could finally change that.

Dec 14, 2021 / Elizabeth Gregory

Gavin Newsom’s Gun Stunt Is Inspired—and Doomed to Fail

Gavin Newsom’s Gun Stunt Is Inspired—and Doomed to Fail Gavin Newsom’s Gun Stunt Is Inspired—and Doomed to Fail

There is little chance the conservatives on the Supreme Court will let California treat gun manufacturers the way it’s letting Texas treat pregnant people.

Dec 14, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Michelle Wu: Cities Must Lead for the Green New Deal

Michelle Wu: Cities Must Lead for the Green New Deal Michelle Wu: Cities Must Lead for the Green New Deal

An interview with the newly elected mayor of Boston about building on the accomplishments of progressive pioneers and shaping a new politics at the municipal level.

Dec 14, 2021 / Q&A / John Nichols

Wounds the Size of Oranges

Wounds the Size of Oranges Wounds the Size of Oranges

The devastating impact of AR-15 semiautomatic weapons on children’s bodies.

Dec 13, 2021 / OppArt / Patricia Anderson Turner

Stop the Steal rally

A Year on a Hinge of History A Year on a Hinge of History

If we want to save the republic, we will have to do it ourselves.

Dec 13, 2021 / D.D. Guttenplan

Thermometer

Travel Bans and Boosters Alone Won’t Protect Us From Covid Travel Bans and Boosters Alone Won’t Protect Us From Covid

The fantasy that we can erect a Fortress America and leave the rest of the world to fend for itself is a deadly delusion.

Dec 13, 2021 / Gregg Gonsalves

The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Ruling Isn’t the Victory Many Want It to Be

The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Ruling Isn’t the Victory Many Want It to Be The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Ruling Isn’t the Victory Many Want It to Be

Sonia Sotomayor said it best: “The Court should have put an end to this madness months ago.… It failed to do so [earlier], and it fails again today.”

Dec 10, 2021 / Elie Mystal

In Like Flynn

In Like Flynn In Like Flynn

Tread on me. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of December 6.

Dec 10, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Deforestation Deep Cut

Deforestation Deep Cut Deforestation Deep Cut

Do trees have a standing?

Dec 10, 2021 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Mark Essick

Systemic Sadism at the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Systemic Sadism at the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office

As the trial begins today of one officer accused of beating a man to death for the “crime” of driving his own car, a new PBS documentary flips the script on a department lionized b...

Dec 10, 2021 / Tom Gogola

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