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?”

Liza Featherstone

Donald Trump Is Not the Only Alleged Criminal Democrats Can’t Unseat

An investigation determined that Matt Shea was a domestic terrorist, but that didn’t stop him from taking his seat in the Washington State Legislature.

Hallie Golden

Sanders or Warren? Why Not Both?

A progressive unity ticket may seem utopian, but it need not be a fantasy. In fact, the progressive candidates may make the most electable ticket.

D.D. Guttenplan

Disorder in the Court

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Matt Bors

What Does It Mean to Be a Climate Refugee?

A recent ruling opens the door to new types of protected status.

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

This Trump Judge Tormented a Trans Woman—Because He Could

Stuart Kyle Duncan had a history of anti-LGBTQ bigotry before he joined the bench. Now he’s inflicting his pettiness and cruelty on vulnerable litigants.

Elie Mystal

Mike Pompeo Implies That a Reporter Who Pressed Him Can’t Locate Ukraine on the Map

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the February 17, 2020, Issue

Failing college… East Coast vibes… The beginning of understanding… More than words…

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