Lula Wins the First Round, but “Bolsonarismo” Is Here to Stay Lula Wins the First Round, but “Bolsonarismo” Is Here to Stay
In Brazil, support for Jair Bolsonaro, and the far right in general, proved significantly stronger than polling indicated.
Oct 3, 2022 / Benjamin Fogel
This Supreme Court Will Decide the Fate of the Voting Rights Act This Supreme Court Will Decide the Fate of the Voting Rights Act
A case before the Supreme Court directly challenges a key provision of the VRA that protects people of color from discrimination.
Oct 3, 2022 / Jeanine Abrams McLean
Capitol Flight: How Dems Dropped the Stock Ban Capitol Flight: How Dems Dropped the Stock Ban
Congressional leaders turn their backs on a popular issue that helped Democrats win a Senate majority in 2020.
Oct 3, 2022 / Max Moran
Off the Record: Barack Obama on Donald Trump Off the Record: Barack Obama on Donald Trump
A newly declassified press conference shows the former president’s prescience—and his blind spots.
Oct 3, 2022 / Jeet Heer
What We Can Learn From Watergate What We Can Learn From Watergate
Fifty years ago, we tried to make the presidency more accountable. It wasn’t enough to secure democracy.
Oct 3, 2022 / Robert L. Borosage
Has Labor Become More or Less Powerful Over the Last Two Decades? Has Labor Become More or Less Powerful Over the Last Two Decades?
Neither Aaron Benanav’s Automation and the Future of Work nor Sarah Jaffe’s Work Won’t Love You Back was written with the pandemic in mind but together they serve as an indispensab...
Oct 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni
Thulani Davis’s Freedom Visions Thulani Davis’s Freedom Visions
Her new history of the Civil War and Reconstruction examines the ways in which Black Americans formed networks of self-reliance in their pursuit of emancipation.
Oct 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
Pankaj Mishra’s Novel of Intellectuals and Influencers Pankaj Mishra’s Novel of Intellectuals and Influencers
Mishra’s first work of fiction in over a decade examines how ideas circulate in an age of social media and “ideas festivals.”
Oct 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
Hyde Reminds Us That Abortion Is an Economic Justice Issue Hyde Reminds Us That Abortion Is an Economic Justice Issue
On the 46th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, 2022 midterm candidates would do well to remember that abortion is an economic justice issue.
Sep 30, 2022 / Atima Omara