How BLM Is Subtly Shaping the Chauvin Trial How BLM Is Subtly Shaping the Chauvin Trial
From the jury selection to the witness stand, the judge in this case is allowing the movement for Black lives to inform the deliberations in a strikingly new way.
Apr 16, 2021 / Sonali Chakravarti
Democratic Socialist Rana Abdelhamid Takes On a New York Incumbent Democratic Socialist Rana Abdelhamid Takes On a New York Incumbent
"I came to organizing both from a class perspective and also just growing up post-9/11 as a Muslim New Yorker,” the candidate told The Nation.
Apr 15, 2021 / Aída Chávez
How to Get 4 Million Women Back in the Workforce How to Get 4 Million Women Back in the Workforce
Wendy Chun-Hoon, the new head of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor, talks about how the Biden administration should seize this moment to prevent women from being locked...
Apr 15, 2021 / Bryce Covert
Undanced Dances During a Pandemic Undanced Dances During a Pandemic
From inside a California prison come choreographies of the mind.
Apr 14, 2021 / Suchi Branfman
The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine
The Twitter epidemiologists convinced that regulators bungled the decision make for entertaining reading—but they’re wrong.
Apr 13, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy? Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy?
The US can’t afford to be the “indispensable nation” abroad while rebuilding at home.
Apr 13, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade
Nearly 80 congressional Democrats have called on the Biden administration to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade immediately.
Apr 13, 2021 / Aída Chávez
Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Is Designed to Fail Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Is Designed to Fail
Biden’s recently announced commission to study court reform isn’t designed to offer solutions—it’s designed to be an excuse to do nothing.
Apr 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal