Our Courts Are a Growing Threat to Democracy Our Courts Are a Growing Threat to Democracy
The judiciary is reshaping fundamental policies with no concern for what the majority of Americans actually want.
Jan 31, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
How Can I Help My Mom’s Domestic Worker Get a Dignified Retirement? How Can I Help My Mom’s Domestic Worker Get a Dignified Retirement?
Another reader asks, “Why haven’t we gotten past restrictive gender roles around child care and socializing?”
Jan 31, 2020 / Liza Featherstone
Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities
The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to ensure that we all had access to public spaces, but the implementation has not always lived up to the law.
Jan 31, 2020 / Photo Essay / Elizabeth Guffey
The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave
Who fought for queer freedom a century before Stonewall.
Jan 31, 2020 / Feature / Channing Gerard Joseph
Confirmed: Elliott Abrams’s Defense of Mass Murder Was Based on Lies Confirmed: Elliott Abrams’s Defense of Mass Murder Was Based on Lies
The reporters who covered the El Mozote massacre were right all along.
Jan 30, 2020 / Eric Alterman
The Republicans Have Now Begun the Trolling Phase of the Impeachment Trial The Republicans Have Now Begun the Trolling Phase of the Impeachment Trial
The strategy will almost certainly help them win the impeachment battle—but may well sink them in the larger war.
Jan 30, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Garth Greenwell on the Poetics of Cruising Garth Greenwell on the Poetics of Cruising
We talked to the writer about his latest novel, Cleanness, an expansive book about desire, power, and the physicality of aesthetic experience
Jan 30, 2020 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho
What Does It Mean to Be a Climate Refugee? What Does It Mean to Be a Climate Refugee?
A recent ruling opens the door to new types of protected status.
Jan 30, 2020 / Column / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Donald Trump’s ‘Defense’ Would Make the President a King Donald Trump’s ‘Defense’ Would Make the President a King
The argument against impeachment by Trump’s team proposes a super-presidency—an unlimited and fully imperial leader—that could rarely if ever be checked and balanced.
Jan 29, 2020 / John Nichols
Tennis Legends Protest at the Australian Open Tennis Legends Protest at the Australian Open
Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe demonstrated against the homophobia and transphobia of Margaret Court.
Jan 29, 2020 / Dave Zirin