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David Lambourne sits in a tropical shirt alongside some luggage.

Kiribati’s Disorder in the Court Kiribati’s Disorder in the Court

The Pacific island nation's attempted deportation of an Australian-born judge shows how the decolonizing world’s reliance on foreign-born judges threatens nascent democracies.

Nov 15, 2022 / Pete McKenzie

Democratic Myopia About Rural America Cost the Party a House Seat It Could Have Won

Democratic Myopia About Rural America Cost the Party a House Seat It Could Have Won Democratic Myopia About Rural America Cost the Party a House Seat It Could Have Won

Democrats could be one seat closer to a House majority had they not abandoned a Wisconsin candidate who lost his race by a mere 4 points.

Nov 15, 2022 / John Nichols

Sanaa Seif stand in front of an image of her brother, the imprisoned pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah.

Elon Musk Doesn’t Understand Twitter’s Real Value Elon Musk Doesn’t Understand Twitter’s Real Value

For all its limitations—and there are many—Twitter is the closest thing the world has to a transnational public sphere.

Nov 15, 2022 / Nanjala Nyabola

A police car on a chase

White Nationalist Hate Is Infiltrating Our Police White Nationalist Hate Is Infiltrating Our Police

If Biden cares about what he calls the white supremacist “poison…running through our body politic,” his administration had better get busy purging the strain that courses through t...

Nov 15, 2022 / Column / Kali Holloway

The billionaire Elon Musk bought 9 percent of Twitter

Musk Takes Over Twitter Musk Takes Over Twitter

Nov 15, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Lowell Handler

Was This Professor Fired for Having Tourette Syndrome? Was This Professor Fired for Having Tourette Syndrome?

We want to ensure harassment-free climates in schools and workplaces, and we want to protect the rights of people with disabilities. What happens when these imperatives collide?

Nov 15, 2022 / Feature / Barry Yeoman

Nation Poetry

The Limits of Language The Limits of Language

it was something about the bounce in my step, in the rippling jiggle of my belly & breasts, something about the periwinkle painted pinkies, the purple pointers, the chipping it…

Nov 15, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Aerik Francis

Paris Commune, 1871.

The Life and Afterlife of the Paris Commune The Life and Afterlife of the Paris Commune

It was one of the most radical political experiments in European history. It was also one of Europe’s most tragically short-lived.

Nov 15, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the UNFCCC COP27 climate conference on November 11, 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Rich, Polluting Nations Must Pay Up Rich, Polluting Nations Must Pay Up

As a bare minimum, a windfall tax on the combined profits of the largest oil and gas companies needs to be enacted.

Nov 15, 2022 / Various Contributors

Money From Nothing: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Shakedown

Money From Nothing: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Shakedown Money From Nothing: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Shakedown

The late crypto platform FTX was a clearinghouse of info-capitalist delusion.

Nov 14, 2022 / Feature / Timi Iwayemi

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