Sweeping Gun Reform Sweeping Gun Reform
The GOP erases sensible gun restrictions.
Jun 20, 2022 / OppArt / Ron Hauge and Peter Kuper
Keeping Juneteenth Radical Keeping Juneteenth Radical
Crass commercialization of a holiday is as American as a Labor Day sale, and so it is up to us to keep the true spirit of Juneteenth alive.
Jun 20, 2022 / Robert Greene II
The Problem of the Supreme Court The Problem of the Supreme Court
It’s time to admit that the nation’s highest court has been a source of harm more often than it’s been a force for justice.
Jun 20, 2022 / Feature / Louis Michael Seidman
To Avert January 6, We Needed Whistleblowers—and We Never Got Them To Avert January 6, We Needed Whistleblowers—and We Never Got Them
The Trump and Pence staffers testifying now batted down Trump’s election lies—but they never went public with the threat he posed.
Jun 17, 2022 / Joan Walsh for The Nation
The January 6 Hearings Are Mired in an Attempt to Refurbish the GOP Brand The January 6 Hearings Are Mired in an Attempt to Refurbish the GOP Brand
In sorting out good Republicans from bad, the hearings keep getting lost in an insider game.
Jun 17, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Why Canceling Student Debt Should Be a Universal Benefit Why Canceling Student Debt Should Be a Universal Benefit
The lesson from the Corinthian debt strikers: Should President Biden cancel student loan debt, it should be done without making debtors jump through hoops.
Jun 17, 2022 / StudentNation / Ann Larson
Trump’s “Big Lie” Was Also a Big Grift Trump’s “Big Lie” Was Also a Big Grift
The January 6 committee’s revelations that the Trump campaign raised money for a bogus “Official Election Defense Fund” point to criminal fraud.
Jun 16, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Have We Really Learned Nothing From the Pandemic? Have We Really Learned Nothing From the Pandemic?
I’d like to believe we’ve learned a lesson about our species-wide vulnerability, our planetary connectedness. But in fact, we seem more atomized and arrogant than ever.
Jun 16, 2022 / Nina Burleigh
Abortion, On Screen and Off Screen Abortion, On Screen and Off Screen
Art imitates life?
Jun 16, 2022 / OppArt / Hooked Hands
The William Buckley and Edgar Smith Saga The William Buckley and Edgar Smith Saga
In her new book, Scoundrel, Sarah Weinman tells the story of how a conservative journalist and editor ended up befriending a convicted murderer.
Jun 16, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jake Bittle