The Brave, Often Lonely Fight of Trans Lawmakers in State Legislatures The Brave, Often Lonely Fight of Trans Lawmakers in State Legislatures
Trans and nonbinary people are running for office in record numbers, beginning their careers just as their Republican colleagues are launching an assault on trans rights.
Jul 25, 2023 / Feature / Amy Littlefield
The Psychic Theater of Boots Riley The Psychic Theater of Boots Riley
Absurdist, darkly funny, I’m a Virgo tells a story of first love, capitalism’s surreal excesses, the contradictions of Black life, and how much politics a work of art can bear.
Jul 25, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte
Ron DeSantis Is Starting to Look Like a Scott Walker–Level Loser Ron DeSantis Is Starting to Look Like a Scott Walker–Level Loser
The governor of Florida is on a 2024 trajectory that mirrors the former governor of Wisconsin’s doomed 2016 campaign.
Jul 25, 2023 / John Nichols
Biden Reneged on His Climate Promises. Can 2024 Be Any Different? Biden Reneged on His Climate Promises. Can 2024 Be Any Different?
The climate movement needs to remind President Biden that he won’t earn our vote by bargaining away our futures.
Jul 25, 2023 / StudentNation / Sena Wazer and Aaditi Lele
Olivia Chow Offers Hope to a Toronto in Crisis Olivia Chow Offers Hope to a Toronto in Crisis
Toronto’s new mayor ran and won on a progressive platform.
Jul 24, 2023 / Erica Ifill
What the War on Terror Has to Do With the Rise in Mass Migration What the War on Terror Has to Do With the Rise in Mass Migration
The war on terror has led to the displacement of at least 38 million people, many of whom fled for their lives as fighting consumed their worlds.
Jul 24, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino
While the Planet Burns: Billionaires Are Busy Hunkering Down for the Apocalypse While the Planet Burns: Billionaires Are Busy Hunkering Down for the Apocalypse
In a world hurtling towards catastrophe, the super-rich prefer bunkers to solutions.
Jul 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Clarence Thomas Justice? Clarence Thomas Justice?
A compromised Supreme Court.
Why the US “Rules-Based Order” Needs Rethinking Why the US “Rules-Based Order” Needs Rethinking
It’s high time for a more inclusive and imaginative political and economic order.
Jul 24, 2023 / Eli Clifton and Amir Handjani
How Jeffrey Epstein Captivated Harvard How Jeffrey Epstein Captivated Harvard
And how the university has yet to give a full accounting.
Jul 24, 2023 / Feature / Michael Massing