Do We Need Faith as the World Feels Like It’s Ending?

Barbara Sostaita writes that religion helps people envision a more just world while Phil Zuckerman argues that faith can lead to pious inaction.

Barbara Sostaita and Phil Zuckerman

Martin J. Sherwin (1937–2021)

In memoriam.

Kai Bird

Joe Manchin Is Reviving Harmful Myths About Poverty

The Democratic Party has finally recognized that income inequality, not “dependency,” is what’s harming families. But Manchin is still pushing that 1990s-era belief.

Joan Walsh

Closing Rikers Is Long Overdue

Mass decarceration is exactly what’s needed to ensure that people aren’t simply being shuttled from one inhumane situation to another.

Victoria Law for The Nation

The Resistance Has Come Too Far to Stop Now

With the fight for Build Back Better raging, this is no time to shrink from the political fray.

Katha Pollitt

The Supreme Court Wants to Make It Even Harder to Sue Abusive Cops

Ending qualified immunity is essential to bringing violent police officers to justice, but the nation’s highest court refuses to weaken it.

Elie Mystal

Steve Bannon

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the November 15/22, 2021, Issue

Readers respond to the hiring of Mohammed El-Kurd as Palestine correspondent.

Our Readers