Cannibalism Is No Cure for Covid-19 Cannibalism Is No Cure for Covid-19
Rush Limbaugh’s praise of the Donner Party is part of an old tradition of exalting unnecessary suffering rather than offering solutions.
Jul 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer
The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens
Gamers with the Army, Navy, and Air Force are spending hours on Twitch with children as young as 13.
Jul 15, 2020 / Jordan Uhl
Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter. Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter.
Photograph of painting intervention on plywood-covered store windows in NYC, June 2020.
Jul 15, 2020 / OppArt / Chris Schiavo
The Covid Crisis Reveals the Need to Abolish Abortion Restrictions The Covid Crisis Reveals the Need to Abolish Abortion Restrictions
What kind of nation allows people to be prosecuted for health care?
Jul 15, 2020 / Renee Bracey Sherman
Where I Live, Hostility Toward Black Lives Matter Is Often Indirect Where I Live, Hostility Toward Black Lives Matter Is Often Indirect
But it’s still there in rural New York—just as it is in Washington.
Jul 15, 2020 / Karen Rothmyer
Ayanna Pressley to Betsy DeVos: ‘I Wouldn’t Trust You to Care for a House Plant Let Alone My Child’ Ayanna Pressley to Betsy DeVos: ‘I Wouldn’t Trust You to Care for a House Plant Let Alone My Child’
You shouldn’t either.
Jul 14, 2020 / John Nichols
Letters From the July 27/August 3, 2020, Issue Letters From the July 27/August 3, 2020, Issue
A family legacy… The beef with red meat… Taxing efforts…
Jul 14, 2020 / Our Readers and Jane McAlevey
On the Record’s Act of Witness On the Record’s Act of Witness
Telling the stories of three women who accused Russell Simmons of sexual assault, the documentary is a powerful case study in how institutions have failed Black women.
Jul 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
It’s Time to Tell a New Story About the Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It It’s Time to Tell a New Story About the Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It
The way we talk about contagion matters. It shapes how societies respond—and whether many of us will survive.
Jul 14, 2020 / Feature / Sonia Shah