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Joe Manchin Giveth on Voting Rights—and Joe Manchin Taketh Away Joe Manchin Giveth on Voting Rights—and Joe Manchin Taketh Away

The West Virginia senator has finally agreed to support critical voting rights legislation, but refuses to do what’s necessary to pass it.

Sep 16, 2021 / Elie Mystal

What Can We Learn From the War in Afghanistan?

What Can We Learn From the War in Afghanistan? What Can We Learn From the War in Afghanistan?

Four lessons worth considering.

Sep 16, 2021 / Rajan Menon

US Marines Patrol Remote Part Of Helmand Province Near Kajaki Dam

The Problem With Making War “Humane” The Problem With Making War “Humane”

A conversation with Samuel Moyn about his new book Humane, the pacifism of Leo Tolstoy, and the origins of forever war. 

Sep 16, 2021 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

The Climate Apocalypse According to Joy Williams

The Climate Apocalypse According to Joy Williams The Climate Apocalypse According to Joy Williams

With her first novel in 20 years, Harrow, the radical environmentalist envisions an uncompromising politics necessary for defending the natural world.

Sep 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Piccarella

California Recall Elder

California Says “No” California Says “No”

In a thorough rebuke of Republican subterfuge, voters overwhelmingly rejected the attempted recall of Governor Gavin Newsom.

Sep 15, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

A Night With Palestine’s Defenders of the Mountain

A Night With Palestine’s Defenders of the Mountain A Night With Palestine’s Defenders of the Mountain

For months, the people of Beita have been engaged in a fierce—and fiercely creative—struggle against the illegal Israeli settlement threatening their village.

Sep 15, 2021 / Mohammed El-Kurd

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Problem Solved Problem Solved

Just don’t have sex in Texas. You’re welcome!

Sep 15, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Power plant smoke

Progressive Democrats Set Out to Defund the Fossil Fuel Industry Progressive Democrats Set Out to Defund the Fossil Fuel Industry

A new bill seeks to protect both the climate and the economy.

Sep 15, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Tents of asylum-seekers at the Southern border of the US

Global Vaccine Inequity Could Make Migration Harder Than Ever Global Vaccine Inequity Could Make Migration Harder Than Ever

Migrants are facing even more restrictions in the Covid era—and thanks to lack of vaccine access in lower-income countries, they will be less likely to meet them.

Sep 15, 2021 / Abdullah Shihipar

Blinken Providing Testimony

Blinken Derangement Syndrome Blinken Derangement Syndrome

The party that brought us the Benghazi hearings has a new obsession.

Sep 15, 2021 / John Nichols

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