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When Democrats Go Small, They Lose Big

When Democrats Go Small, They Lose Big When Democrats Go Small, They Lose Big

If Democrats allow corporate-aligned “centrists” to downsize the budget plan, abandoning FDR’s legacy, they will lose not just the battle but the war.

Sep 30, 2021 / John Nichols

You Are Enough

You Are Enough You Are Enough

Creating empowering art in partnership with the group Groundswell.

Sep 30, 2021 / OppArt / Chris Cardinale

Joe Manchin ponders

Joe Manchin, America’s Climate Decider in Chief, Is a Coal Baron Joe Manchin, America’s Climate Decider in Chief, Is a Coal Baron

The pivotal Democratic senator owns millions of dollars in coal stocks. Shouldn’t he recuse himself from US climate talks?

Sep 30, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

Don Samuels

Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer

As voters head to the polls to decide the fate of the city’s police department, most Black residents want more police—who will value Black lives.

Sep 30, 2021 / Column / Ibrahim Hirsi

Haitian immigrant encampment Del Rio Texas

Biden’s Immigration Policy Picks Up Where Trump Left Off Biden’s Immigration Policy Picks Up Where Trump Left Off

The administration is carrying out mass expulsions cribbed straight from the Stephen Miller playbook.

Sep 30, 2021 / Aída Chávez for The Nation

This Supreme Court Term, Conservatives Have One Aim: Stop Progress

This Supreme Court Term, Conservatives Have One Aim: Stop Progress This Supreme Court Term, Conservatives Have One Aim: Stop Progress

During the next nine months, conservatives justices will use their power to attack abortion rights, weaken gun regulations, and rewind the clock to a darker age.

Sep 30, 2021 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Nation Poetry

The Holiness of Degradation The Holiness of Degradation

with a title and a line from Leslie Jamison Anne says, what if you are not sick or bad, what if you are Katie? I know I have to fuck the stories that are fucking me. I think about…

Sep 30, 2021 / Poems / Katie Schmid

Walgreens covid vaccine site

Relying on Public-Private Partnerships Has Weakened America’s Pandemic Response Relying on Public-Private Partnerships Has Weakened America’s Pandemic Response

It’s happening all too often: A private company receives public funds for the public good, only to act in the best interests of its shareholders instead.

Sep 30, 2021 / Abdullah Shihipar

Desire in Our Times: A Conversation With Amia Srinivasan

Desire in Our Times: A Conversation With Amia Srinivasan Desire in Our Times: A Conversation With Amia Srinivasan

An interview with the philosopher about her new book, The Right to Sex, the need for more internationalist feminism, the politics of consent, and much more.

Sep 30, 2021 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini

Afghan Refugees

They Fled the Taliban. Now They’re in a Tent City in New Mexico. They Fled the Taliban. Now They’re in a Tent City in New Mexico.

Abul Ahmed describes the living conditions inside the Fort Bliss refugee camp.

Sep 30, 2021 / James Stout

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