Will American Sports Recover From Trumpism? Will American Sports Recover From Trumpism?
Over the past four years, Trumpism has gradually replaced sports as America’s most compelling live entertainment.
Feb 9, 2021 / Robert Lipsyte
Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue
Overtures to Trump voters… Paging the Surgeon General… Post-progressive aid?… Seeing the work… Appreciating Alterman…
Feb 9, 2021 / Our Readers
The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism
The NFL is desperate to showcase Black talent in an effort to get us to ignore its treatment of Black people.
Feb 8, 2021 / Dave Zirin
Liz Cheney Is Right on Impeachment, and Wrong on Everything Else Liz Cheney Is Right on Impeachment, and Wrong on Everything Else
Don’t make a hero of this neoconservative, warmongering, hate-amplifying apologist for Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Feb 8, 2021 / John Nichols
First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care
Throughout the pandemic, nurses have been at the forefront of the fight not only to treat the sick but also to fix our ailing medical system.
Feb 8, 2021 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe
President Biden Is Our Chance to End the Federal Death Penalty President Biden Is Our Chance to End the Federal Death Penalty
Trump’s execution spree laid bare some of the death penalty’s fundamental flaws.
Feb 8, 2021 / Sister Helen Prejean
Pillowheads Pillowheads
Legion of Horror. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of February 1.
Feb 5, 2021 / Steve Brodner
A New Era of Hope A New Era of Hope
The Biden-Harris administration is the beginning of the rebuilding of democracy.
Feb 5, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Representative Jamie Raskin Is Going to Prosecute the Hell Out of Donald Trump Representative Jamie Raskin Is Going to Prosecute the Hell Out of Donald Trump
The lead impeachment manager’s letter demanding that Trump testify is a masterstroke that signals Raskin will pull no punches.
Feb 5, 2021 / John Nichols
Prosecuting Every Participant in the Capitol Riot Is a Mistake Prosecuting Every Participant in the Capitol Riot Is a Mistake
Progressives should resist the temptation to call in the carceral state—even against people whose views we despise.
Feb 5, 2021 / Ben Burgis