![American 100 Dollar Bills Above U.S. Capitol](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-520453398.jpg)
Democrats Settled for a Raw Deal Democrats Settled for a Raw Deal
Biden’s concession to the House Freedom Caucus on the debt ceiling is nothing to celebrate.
May 31, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
![Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1393847737.jpg)
If Ken Paxton’s Staff Can Do It, Why Can’t Dianne Feinstein’s? If Ken Paxton’s Staff Can Do It, Why Can’t Dianne Feinstein’s?
The Texas attorney general was impeached because his staff had the courage to sound the alarm about their boss. When will the senator’s staff be brave enough to do the same?
May 31, 2023 / Elie Mystal
![Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1258256345.jpg)
There’s Never a Debt Ceiling for the Military-Industrial Complex There’s Never a Debt Ceiling for the Military-Industrial Complex
While the Biden-McCarthy deal denies food to hungry people, it increases Pentagon spending by tens of billions.
May 31, 2023 / John Nichols
![How Scientific Publishers’ Extreme Fees Put Profit Over Progress](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Elsevier-NeuroImage.jpg)
How Scientific Publishers’ Extreme Fees Put Profit Over Progress How Scientific Publishers’ Extreme Fees Put Profit Over Progress
Last month, the editorial team of NeuroImage resigned over the “unethical fees” charged by the journal’s publisher, Elsevier. Can scientists ditch the for-profit system?
May 31, 2023 / StudentNation / Kayla Yup
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Let’s Hear It for the Strippers’ Union Let’s Hear It for the Strippers’ Union
The newly unionized Star Gardens strippers are a triumph for the labor movement, proving that regardless of their profession, when workers unite, they can win.
May 31, 2023 / Antonia Crane
![The front page of The Black Dispatch, a weekly newspaper published in Oklahoma City, on June 10, 1931.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-black-dispatch.jpg)
The Trauma and Resilience of Tulsa’s Greenwood District The Trauma and Resilience of Tulsa’s Greenwood District
Karlos K. Hill, a historian of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, speaks with Victor Luckerson, author of an “epic” new book on Greenwood.
May 31, 2023 / Q&A / Karlos K. Hill
![Jeremy Strong in the finale of “Succession.”](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/jeremy-strong_0.jpeg)
The Janus-Faced End of “Succession” The Janus-Faced End of “Succession”
At once cruel and compassionate, the finale of the much-loved HBO show revels in the space between tragedy and comedy.
May 31, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi
![Can Americans Really Make a Free Choice About Dying?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/FRUITOS-Luterman-right_to_live-FTR.jpg)
Can Americans Really Make a Free Choice About Dying? Can Americans Really Make a Free Choice About Dying?
In a country that treats disabled people like expensive burdens and that teaches people to hate and fear disabilities, activists argue that true bodily autonomy is not possible.
May 31, 2023 / Feature / Sara Luterman
![Michelle Williams and Hong Chau in “Showing Up.”](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kong-Showing_Up.jpg)
Kelly Reichardt’s Cinema of Class Conflict Kelly Reichardt’s Cinema of Class Conflict
In her latest film, Showing Up, she continues a career-long project of examining the bitter resentments produced by inequality.
May 31, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Alex Kong