Can Joe Biden Unrig the Economy?

Raising taxes on the rich would help stop the economy from simply channeling income to 1 percent.

Mike Konczal

If Republicans Want a Fight Over the Post Office, Give It to Them

Don’t be fooled: The Republicans have been attacking the United States Postal Service for a long time. Trump just took advantage of it.

John Nichols for The Nation

School Reopenings Are Only Going to Get More Chaotic

Trump gave up on controlling the virus, squandering our chance to reopen safely.

Zoë Carpenter

First They Came for the Mailboxes…

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Jen Sorensen

N.K. Jemisin Wrote a Sci-Fi Ode to New York City—Then It Became Reality

We talked to the award-winning writer about The City We Became, her latest groundbreaking, world-quaking book, and why it feels so prescient.

Jessica Suriano

How Yale Became the Latest Target in the Plot to Kill Affirmative Action

In the coming days, the DOJ will borrow a page from the conservative playbook and likely sue Yale for violating the rights of white and Asian students.

Elie Mystal

Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents

When Planned Parenthood took the name of the organization’s founder off its flagship clinic in Manhattan, they bought into anti-choice propaganda. 

Katha Pollitt

Birtherism 2.0

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the September 7/14, 2020, Issue

Workers are not inputs… Starving the beast… Trump’s disordered personality… Taking back control…

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