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Group Rallying for Justice on Race, Climate and Immigration Issues

Here’s Why 2016 May Be the Most Important Election of Our Lives Here’s Why 2016 May Be the Most Important Election of Our Lives

There is so much more at stake in November than control of the Supreme Court.

Feb 4, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Bernie Sanders sign held in front of flag

How Sanders Has Transformed the Democratic Race How Sanders Has Transformed the Democratic Race

Clinton eked out her narrow victory only because she adopted Bernie’s populist message. Both she and the Democratic Party have now welcomed his call for more debates.

Feb 4, 2016 / The Editors

Senator Pramila Jayapal

Meet the Next Elizabeth Warrens Now Running for Congress Meet the Next Elizabeth Warrens Now Running for Congress

From Zephyr Teachout to Pramila Jayapal to Lucy Flores, these women are ardent activists, deep thinkers, and champions of fundamental reform.

Feb 4, 2016 / John Nichols

Hillary Clinton

Why Have I (Almost) Always Voted for the Male Candidate? Why Have I (Almost) Always Voted for the Male Candidate?

I’ve had many chances to cast a ballot for a woman in primary races. I had plenty of reasons why I shouldn’t.

Feb 4, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Asking for a Friend: How to Tell if You’re Sexist in Bed

Asking for a Friend: How to Tell if You’re Sexist in Bed Asking for a Friend: How to Tell if You’re Sexist in Bed

Liza answers a maybe-benighted male, and a woman whose politics are clashing with her dating life.

Feb 4, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

Iowa: Sweet Relief

Iowa: Sweet Relief Iowa: Sweet Relief

The pollsters now have all moved on. And café patrons needn’t fear A candidate just might barge in To plead his case and smear a peer. And now it’s safe to get the phone: One needn…

Feb 4, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

ISIS Is Changing Our Attitude Toward Free Speech, but Not Guns

ISIS Is Changing Our Attitude Toward Free Speech, but Not Guns ISIS Is Changing Our Attitude Toward Free Speech, but Not Guns

We’re headed in the wrong direction.

Feb 4, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Vladimir Sorokin.

Vladimir Sorokin’s Absurdist Excess Vladimir Sorokin’s Absurdist Excess

Even the Russian author’s most sincere explorations tend toward brutal deadpan satire, cartoonish extremes of violence, comically unsexy sex, and flatulence.

Feb 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich

Lawrence Alloway at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, autumn 1965.

In Praise of Lawrence Alloway In Praise of Lawrence Alloway

The former Nation art critic was a great intellectual resource among art writers in the 1960s and ’70s, and a revival of his work is under way.

Feb 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change?

Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change? Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change?

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pursuing an investigation—one of many signs that momentum is on the side of climate-justice activists.

Feb 4, 2016 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

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