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When Force-Feeding Is Torture When Force-Feeding Is Torture

After years of litigation, The Nation and Type Investigations have acquired footage of a force-feeding at a federal prison. It shows treatment that may amount to torture.

Mar 8, 2023 / Feature / Aviva Stahl

Demonstrators supporting restrictions on transgender student athletes

Banning Trans Athletes Is Just the Beginning Banning Trans Athletes Is Just the Beginning

Rightists have a genocidal perspective on trans kids. Now they want the federal government to use Title IX to further push trans young people from public life.

Mar 7, 2023 / Dave Zirin

Taiwan Strait Helicopter

The Devastating Consequences of a War Over Taiwan The Devastating Consequences of a War Over Taiwan

Cities devastated, untold thousands dead, and the global economy, with its epicenter in Asia, left in ruins—a war would be ruinous to the region and the world.

Mar 7, 2023 / Alfred McCoy

The Country Is Paying for Merrick Garland’s Failure to Prosecute Trump

The Country Is Paying for Merrick Garland’s Failure to Prosecute Trump The Country Is Paying for Merrick Garland’s Failure to Prosecute Trump

The special counsel may indict Trump for something, but it’s already too late to stop him from running for president again.

Mar 7, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Women’s History Month Is Every Month

Women’s History Month Is Every Month Women’s History Month Is Every Month

Women united will never be defeated.

Mar 7, 2023 / OppArt / Christy Arbogast

Man walks by the Ukranian National Opera building in Kyiv

Dispatch From Kyiv: Ballet in a Time of War Dispatch From Kyiv: Ballet in a Time of War

While Ukraine’s capital has mostly returned to normal, reminders of the brutal fighting are everywhere.

Mar 7, 2023 / Carol Schaeffer

US President Joe Biden speaks

Biden Has Gotten a Lot Done. Have Voters Noticed? Biden Has Gotten a Lot Done. Have Voters Noticed?

The president is betting that he can defy the overall trend of public opinion and demonstrate that government can actually work.

Mar 7, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Former vice president Mike Pence

Mike Pence Resists Grand Jury Subpeona Mike Pence Resists Grand Jury Subpeona

Mar 7, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin

J. Edgar Hoover tests a gun.

The Cult of J. Edgar Hoover The Cult of J. Edgar Hoover

A zealot through and through, he ran the FBI like a religious sect.

Mar 7, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Adam Hochschild

E. Pico Blvd. in the Garment District of Los Angeles

LA’s Zoning Plan Pits Garment Workers Against Developers LA’s Zoning Plan Pits Garment Workers Against Developers

The Downtown LA 2040 proposal could force garment factories to close and replace affordable housing with luxury developments.

Mar 6, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

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