It’s Not Too Late to Prosecute Trump-Era Crimes It’s Not Too Late to Prosecute Trump-Era Crimes
The Biden administration, like its predecessors, has been reluctant to grapple with questions of executive accountability.
Jul 9, 2021 / Karen J. Greenberg
Drought Takes Hold of California Drought Takes Hold of California
As the recall election nears, rising heat and access to water may become defining political issues for the state.
Jul 9, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council
A radical poet and educator’s come-from-behind victory over a machine politician complicates the narrative that New York Black moderates rejected a left agenda.
Jul 8, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Can Catalan Pardons Pave a Way Out of Spain’s Territorial Crisis? Can Catalan Pardons Pave a Way Out of Spain’s Territorial Crisis?
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez released nine Catalan independence leaders from prison. Is it a step toward a solution?
Jul 8, 2021 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Eric Adams Won as a Centrist, but Bold Progressives Took the Other 2 Citywide Contests Eric Adams Won as a Centrist, but Bold Progressives Took the Other 2 Citywide Contests
Important victories for progressives Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander, along with key council candidates, are a reminder that New York voters can produce multiple mandates.
Jul 7, 2021 / John Nichols
The Art of the Meal The Art of the Meal
Sharing recipes and dinner-plate photos was a balm for isolation, and a reminder that magic is made in breaking bread together.
Jul 7, 2021 / Mary Lewis
Haiti Has Been Abandoned—by the Media, the US, and the World Haiti Has Been Abandoned—by the Media, the US, and the World
Human rights activist Antoinette Duclaire’s murder is the latest for a country in chaos—where an obsession with elections obscures a complete absence of democracy or accountability...
Jul 6, 2021 / Amy Wilentz
Ron Johnson Needs to Come With a Warning Label Ron Johnson Needs to Come With a Warning Label
When Johnson spreads misinformation about vaccines, he endangers Americans—and makes it harder to end the pandemic.
Jul 6, 2021 / John Nichols