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What It Takes to Be a Public Intellectual What It Takes to Be a Public Intellectual

In 2014, Adam Shatz’s “Writers or Missionaries” appeared in The Nation, a piece about his relationship, as a Jewish American journalist, to the political conflicts in the Arab-spea…

Aug 15, 2023 / Books & the Arts / J. Howard Rosier

A still from the award-winning short film “The Court Watchers,” created by Zealous.

“We’re Only Here to Watch” “We’re Only Here to Watch”

How courtwatchers are shifting the power dynamics in criminal courtrooms.

Aug 15, 2023 / Feature / Jocelyn Simonson

Supporters gather at a theater next to the Helena, Mont., courthouse on June 12, 2023, to watch the court proceedings for the nation's first youth climate change trial at Montana's First Judicial District Court. Sixteen plaintiffs, ranging in age from 6 to 22, are suing the state for promoting fossil fuel energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment.”

16 Young People Sued Montana Over the Climate. The Planet Won. 16 Young People Sued Montana Over the Climate. The Planet Won.

Environment / August 15, 2023 16 Young People Sued Montana Over the Climate. The Planet Won. A state district court ruled yesterday that Montana’s failure to document greenhous…

Aug 15, 2023 / Gabriel Furshong

Jenn Shapland's new collection of essays, Thin Skin (Pantheon), probes the capacity of essay as a form to examine and question the lines we draw between ourselves and others, ourselves and the non-human world, and the past we’ve wrought with the present in which we live.

Jenn Shapland on the Need for “Thin Skin” Jenn Shapland on the Need for “Thin Skin”

An interview with the writer about her new collection of essays, Thin Skin, and her hopes for the life it takes on in the world.

Aug 15, 2023 / Q&A / Sara Franklin

NIH Fellows demand the right to join a union.

NIH Fellows Win Recognition as Workers With the Right to Join a Union NIH Fellows Win Recognition as Workers With the Right to Join a Union

One day after a Nation story reported claims that National Institute Fellows were "trainees" not "workers," the NIH changed its mind.

Aug 14, 2023 / Peter Lucas

Robbie Robertson circa November 1994 at The National Museum of the American Indian in New York City.

The Indigenous Roots of Robbie Robertson’s Rock and Roll Revolution The Indigenous Roots of Robbie Robertson’s Rock and Roll Revolution

The music called Americana was created by a Jewish-Canadian-Cayuga-Mohawk.

Aug 14, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Six plaintiffs in Zurawski v. Texas stand in front of Texas's Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility Under the court's name and seal.

Texas Is “Hell-Bent” on Preventing Pregnant Patients From Getting Life-Saving Abortion Care Texas Is “Hell-Bent” on Preventing Pregnant Patients From Getting Life-Saving Abortion Care

Hours after a Texas judge ruled in favor of expanding abortion access to patients facing life-threatening complications, the state appealed the decision, blocking it from taking e...

Aug 14, 2023 / Mary Tuma

Out of Time! Out of Time!

The world clock is ticking like a bomb.

Aug 14, 2023 / OppArt / Emanuele Del Rosso

Ágota Kristóf and the Agony of the “Enemy” Language Ágota Kristóf and the Agony of the “Enemy” Language

In her memoir, The Illiterate, the formidable Hungarian writer details her lifelong battle with language as a tool of misunderstanding.

Aug 14, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Missouri Williams

Two Black women sit on folding chairs holding signs reading

The New Law to Protect Pregnant Workers Is Already Changing Lives The New Law to Protect Pregnant Workers Is Already Changing Lives

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act “flips the script” on employers and obligates them to accommodate their pregnant employees.

Aug 14, 2023 / Bryce Covert

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16 Young People Sued Montana Over the Climate. The Planet Won. 16 Young People Sued Montana Over the Climate. The Planet Won.

Jenn Shapland on the Need for “Thin Skin” Jenn Shapland on the Need for “Thin Skin”

NIH Fellows Win Recognition as Workers With the Right to Join a Union NIH Fellows Win Recognition as Workers With the Right to Join a Union

The Indigenous Roots of Robbie Robertson’s Rock and Roll Revolution The Indigenous Roots of Robbie Robertson’s Rock and Roll Revolution

Texas Is “Hell-Bent” on Preventing Pregnant Patients From Getting Life-Saving Abortion Care Texas Is “Hell-Bent” on Preventing Pregnant Patients From Getting Life-Saving Abortion Care

Out of Time! Out of Time!

Ágota Kristóf and the Agony of the “Enemy” Language Ágota Kristóf and the Agony of the “Enemy” Language

The New Law to Protect Pregnant Workers Is Already Changing Lives The New Law to Protect Pregnant Workers Is Already Changing Lives

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What It Takes to Be a Public Intellectual What It Takes to Be a Public Intellectual

“We’re Only Here to Watch” “We’re Only Here to Watch”

16 Young People Sued Montana Over the Climate. The Planet Won. 16 Young People Sued Montana Over the Climate. The Planet Won.

Jenn Shapland on the Need for “Thin Skin” Jenn Shapland on the Need for “Thin Skin”

NIH Fellows Win Recognition as Workers With the Right to Join a Union NIH Fellows Win Recognition as Workers With the Right to Join a Union

The Indigenous Roots of Robbie Robertson’s Rock and Roll Revolution The Indigenous Roots of Robbie Robertson’s Rock and Roll Revolution

Texas Is “Hell-Bent” on Preventing Pregnant Patients From Getting Life-Saving Abortion Care Texas Is “Hell-Bent” on Preventing Pregnant Patients From Getting Life-Saving Abortion Care

Out of Time! Out of Time!

Ágota Kristóf and the Agony of the “Enemy” Language Ágota Kristóf and the Agony of the “Enemy” Language

The New Law to Protect Pregnant Workers Is Already Changing Lives The New Law to Protect Pregnant Workers Is Already Changing Lives