Cory Booker Rips Open the Web of Secrecy Republicans Have Woven Around Brett Kavanaugh

The Democrat says he willingly violated Senate rules in order to expose e-mails that reveal the nominee’s views on racial discrimination.

John Nichols

Cynthia Nixon’s Emphasis on Marijuana Legalization Added Vital Thinking to the New York Gubernatorial Debate

“There are a lot of reasons to do it,” the challenger said of legalization, “but first and foremost, because it’s a racial-justice issue.”

John Nichols

The Widest Political Divide in America Isn’t Between Left and Right

We’re split along racial and gender lines—handing Congress to Democrats in November won’t change that.

Kai Wright

Nearly One Year After Hurricane Maria, Build Solidarity With Puerto Rico

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Beto O’Rourke Has Found a New Way to Run for the US Senate From Texas

And it’s working.

John Nichols

‘White Voice,’ Blackface, and the Ethics of Representation

When is it fair to speak with someone else’s voice?

Patricia J. Williams

BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present

And in Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline, we find a protagonist plunged so deeply into her own mind that there really is no outside.

Stuart Klawans

Letters From the September 10-17, 2018, Issue

Poetry, wide open… The poetry editors reply…

Our Readers, Stephanie Burt and Carmen Giménez Smith

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Keep Up the Fight to Defeat Brett Kavanaugh

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