Cutting the $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Would Be Political Malpractice Cutting the $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Would Be Political Malpractice
Joe Manchin’s lobbyist-influenced advice threatens to ruin Democratic chances in 2022.
Sep 13, 2021 / John Nichols
First Texas Came for Abortion. Now It’s Going After Voting Rights. First Texas Came for Abortion. Now It’s Going After Voting Rights.
Just a week after Texas’s abortion ban went into effect, Governor Greg Abbot signed a draconian voter suppression bill into law.
Sep 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal
George W. Bush Still Owes the World an Apology George W. Bush Still Owes the World an Apology
In his speech marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Bush made no attempt at taking responsibility for the tragedies that followed that awful day.
Sep 13, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Fighting the New Jim Crow Fighting the New Jim Crow
Republicans push to roll back voting rights.
David Gilbert Should Be Free David Gilbert Should Be Free
Given his perfect 40-year record, denial by the Parole Board would signal that prison is just about punishment and revenge.
Sep 13, 2021 / John Mage
Honoring Attica After Half a Century Honoring Attica After Half a Century
It’s time to demand law enforcement accountability for the death of unarmed citizens not just on America’s streets but also in our prisons.
Sep 13, 2021 / Heather Ann Thompson
I Lost My Home to the Climate Crisis. You Could Too. I Lost My Home to the Climate Crisis. You Could Too.
Greenville offers a glimpse of our future under climate change.
Sep 13, 2021 / Jane Braxton Little
Adalbert Stifter’s Disappearing World Adalbert Stifter’s Disappearing World
His uncanny writing bears witness to the early stages of capitalism offering a glimpse of the natural world before modernity.
Sep 13, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Ratik Asokan
Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks
The September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States by Al Qaeda resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries.
Sep 11, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
The 19th Century’s 9/11 The 19th Century’s 9/11
Long before the 9/11 of 20 years ago, another episode of violence took place on that day in 1851 and portended our nation’s deepest divide.
Sep 10, 2021 / Marc Steiner