The Tradeoffs in the Fight Against Inflation

Living with inflation of a little over 2 percent for a short period would be worth it to keep the gains in the economy.

Mike Konczal

Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor.

Public health requires seeing the world from a collective perspective, but US agencies are still dominated by doctors trained to work on an individual level.

Eric Reinhart

To Save Ukraine, End the War

With the fighting poised to take an ominous turn, now is the time to push for a cease-fire.

The Nation

Congress Shouldn’t Clap for Tyre Nichols’s Parents—They Should Apologize

Many of the people rising for Nichols’s parents during the State of the Union didn’t do enough to prevent his death—and quite a few did worse than that.

Elie Mystal

Bruce Springsteen and These Lost Years

After Covid, he and the E Street Band are celebrating, but also continuing their mourning tour. It won’t end. Until it does.

Joan Walsh

When Black Women Are Punished for Winning Too Much

Every time we get an unvarnished look-see at how the awards sausages get made, voters unwittingly confirm that racism and misogyny are key ingredients.

Kali Holloway

Race and Class: The Beginnings of an Argument

Some personal and theoretical reflections on intersectionality and its discontents.

Adolph Reed Jr.

Leadership, Kevin McCarthy–Style

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the March 6/13, 2023, Issue

Toadying at Harvard… The work of democracy (web only)…

Our Readers and Sammy Feldblum and Lavanya Nott