The Return of Lula The Return of Lula
The restoration of political rights to Brazil’s leftist former president makes him a front-runner for the elections in 2022—and has already upended the country’s politics.
Mar 17, 2021 / Natália Scarabotto
Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies
How can the United States focus on new threats while sustaining endless wars and obsolete postures?
Mar 16, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Postcards From Restaurant-Land Postcards From Restaurant-Land
Labor and loneliness one year later.
Mar 15, 2021 / Jason Kotoch
Democrats Make a Down Payment on a Radically More Just Economy Democrats Make a Down Payment on a Radically More Just Economy
The American Rescue Plan goes beyond Covid relief to address the deep inequities the pandemic revealed. Will those changes be a Band-Aid, or heal a broken system?
Mar 11, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Vivian Gornick in Reverse Vivian Gornick in Reverse
A conversation with the writer about her life and work.
Mar 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold
Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor
Strengthening unions would play a critical part in tackling our country’s staggering inequality.
Mar 9, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have
When eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus blocked a wage hike, they endangered Democratic prospects in 2022.
Mar 9, 2021 / John Nichols
Across Prison Walls, I Felt My Parents’ Love Across Prison Walls, I Felt My Parents’ Love
For Chesa Boudin, his mother and father were radical not for their politics but for the extraordinary lengths they took to parent him while incarcerated.
Mar 8, 2021 / Feature / Chesa Boudin
Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True
In the US, 500,000 people are dead, but the toll is higher and Covid is but one measure of public health.
Mar 3, 2021 / Matt Nelson
Steve Cobble Was an Architect of Hope Steve Cobble Was an Architect of Hope
The Democratic strategist and self-described long-haired antiwar hippy helped draft Bernie Sanders into presidential politics.
Mar 3, 2021 / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson