Politics

Two Cheers for Joe Manchin

Two Cheers for Joe Manchin Two Cheers for Joe Manchin

Democrats should let the West Virginian have his small victories while they pass big bills.

Mar 8, 2021 / Jeet Heer

March on Washington

Democracy Is Not Exclusive Democracy Is Not Exclusive

The For the People Act works to fulfill the democratic promise of the United States. Those who seek to thwart it do not actually want a democracy.

Mar 8, 2021 / Ben Jealous

Jing Fong workers solidarity

Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown? Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown?

The pandemic has tipped the scales even further in favor of landlords over workers.

Mar 8, 2021 / Wilfred Chan

Chesa Boudin as baby with his parents

Across Prison Walls, I Felt My Parents’ Love Across Prison Walls, I Felt My Parents’ Love

For Chesa Boudin, his mother and father were radical not for their politics but for the extraordinary lengths they took to parent him while incarcerated.

Mar 8, 2021 / Feature / Chesa Boudin

CT National Guard

Cancel the US Military Cancel the US Military

The Pentagon is running a system that seems to eternally reward failure, from poorly performing generals to endless wars that cost a fortune.

Mar 6, 2021 / William Astore

qshaman

Could One of Your Facebook Friends Be the Next QAnon Shaman? Could One of Your Facebook Friends Be the Next QAnon Shaman?

Seemingly benign online communities have become breeding grounds for the kind of far-right ideology on display at the US Capitol insurrection.

Mar 5, 2021 / John Semley

Marching Through Georgia

Marching Through Georgia Marching Through Georgia

Schlapptrap. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of  March 1.

 

Mar 5, 2021

Pentagon

Why Are We Still Giving the Pentagon More Money? Why Are We Still Giving the Pentagon More Money?

Focusing on the wrong threats—including a new Cold War with China—is the last thing we can afford right now.

Mar 5, 2021 / Mandy Smithberger

Contemplation of Justice

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Find New Ways to Disenfranchise Black Voters The Supreme Court Is Poised to Find New Ways to Disenfranchise Black Voters

If the court gives the go-ahead to two new, blatantly discriminatory voting laws, we can say goodbye to free and fair elections.

Mar 5, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Renewable Energy!

Renewable Energy! Renewable Energy!

Battling GOP lies to save our future.

Mar 5, 2021 / OppArt / Cristián Pietrapiana

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