Swimming Upstream Swimming Upstream
Celebrating rivers, restoration, and environmental advocacy in Maine.
Asking “What About…?” Is Essential to Achieving Justice Asking “What About…?” Is Essential to Achieving Justice
Selective empathy prevents us from making connections.
Jul 22, 2022 / Viet Thanh Nguyen
Democrats Are Fumbling Their Chance to Make Insulin More Affordable Democrats Are Fumbling Their Chance to Make Insulin More Affordable
Removing insulin provisions from the reconciliation bill is a harmful and pointless mistake that only benefits corporations.
Jul 22, 2022 / Matt McConnell
Biden Is All Talk as Fires Take Over the American West Biden Is All Talk as Fires Take Over the American West
By any stretch of the imagination, what is happening now is a climate emergency.
Jul 22, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
The Best Economists Uber Could Buy The Best Economists Uber Could Buy
Why would some of the world’s leading economists overstate driver incomes?
Jul 22, 2022 / Doug Henwood
Solidarity From Paris Solidarity From Paris
A French march supporting choice in the US.
Jul 21, 2022 / OppArt / Holly Kuper
Save Local News. Our Democracy Depends On It. Save Local News. Our Democracy Depends On It.
The government needs to invest now to revive local journalism—a public good that is essential to democracy.
Jul 21, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s Time for Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency It’s Time for Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency
The president has an opportunity to address the partisan failures of Congress and the Supreme Court by taking real actions to combat the crisis at hand.
Jul 21, 2022 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds
Can Trump Oust Liz Cheney From Congress? Can Trump Oust Liz Cheney From Congress?
Cheney is not running against Trump in her Republican primary this August. But Trump is definitely running against Cheney.
Jul 21, 2022 / Feature / John Nichols
David Cronenberg’s Tableaux of Pain and Pleasure David Cronenberg’s Tableaux of Pain and Pleasure
His latest film, Crimes of the Future, continues a decades-long project to explore the limits of the body and the supposed rules of reality.
Jul 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Beatrice Loayza