Val Demings’s Abortion Rights Advocacy Just May Sink Marco Rubio Val Demings’s Abortion Rights Advocacy Just May Sink Marco Rubio
Demings has distinguished herself from the incumbent on a range of issues, most notably on abortion rights.
Aug 25, 2022 / John Nichols
Defund the Police Algorithms Defund the Police Algorithms
Law enforcement is increasingly turning to software to surveil and anticipate crime. But a grassroots movement is emerging to resist algorithmic policing.
Aug 25, 2022 / Michelle Chen
Searching for Local Identity in “The Bear” and “Chicago Party Aunt” Searching for Local Identity in “The Bear” and “Chicago Party Aunt”
The FX drama and Netflix animation both attempt to embody the city of Chicago. That’s an increasingly difficult task when the city itself is a jumbled simulacrum of its own past.
Aug 25, 2022 / Ryan Zickgraf
Golf’s Sportswashing of Saudi Arabia Golf’s Sportswashing of Saudi Arabia
Not since the 1936 Berlin Olympics was used to cosmeticize Nazi Germany’s atrocities have sports and an otherwise despised government collaborated so blatantly.
Aug 25, 2022 / Robert Lipsyte
“The Nation” Names Chris Lehmann as D.C. Bureau Chief “The Nation” Names Chris Lehmann as D.C. Bureau Chief
With decades of experience, the former editor of The New Republic and The Baffler joins at a crucial juncture in advance of the midterm elections, in a country facing a crisis of d...
Aug 25, 2022 / Press Room
Transforming the Narrative of the Latinx Community Transforming the Narrative of the Latinx Community
A conversation with organizer Mónica Ramírez, the founder of Justice for Migrant Women, on the goals of the Latinx House’s upcoming Raizado Festival.
Aug 25, 2022 / StudentNation / Mara Marques Cavallaro
Joe Biden’s $10,000 Student Debt Cancellation Is a Huge Win—but It’s Not Enough Joe Biden’s $10,000 Student Debt Cancellation Is a Huge Win—but It’s Not Enough
It’s time to make higher education a true public good, with free-college legislation.
Aug 24, 2022 / Suzanne Kahn
Will a 300-Year-Old Legal Clause Get Lindsey Graham Off the Hook? Will a 300-Year-Old Legal Clause Get Lindsey Graham Off the Hook?
Graham cited the Speech and Debate Clause in an attempt to avoid testifying about Trump’s apparent election fraud in Georgia. He might get away with it.
Aug 24, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian” Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian”
Zinn made no pretense of neutrality. He believed that “in a world of conflict,” it was the historian’s job to advocate for the oppressed.
Aug 24, 2022 / Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow