Congress’s Climate Bill Is a Major Story. Journalists Are Missing the Most Important Part. Congress’s Climate Bill Is a Major Story. Journalists Are Missing the Most Important Part.
If the US doesn’t get this right before November’s climate summit, it’ll severely limit the country’s power to influence global climate action.
Sep 23, 2021 / Andrew McCormick
Biden Wasn’t Elected to Scold Racist Border Agents—He Was Elected to Stop Them Biden Wasn’t Elected to Scold Racist Border Agents—He Was Elected to Stop Them
The White House bears full responsibility for the Border Patrol agents caught whipping Haitian migrants at the US-Mexico border.
Sep 23, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Has Big Pharma Bought Enough Democrats to Derail Biden’s Plan? Has Big Pharma Bought Enough Democrats to Derail Biden’s Plan?
If Democrats allow the party’s Manchinema wing to derail prescription drug pricing reforms, they could lose their ability to govern.
Sep 23, 2021 / Column / John Nichols
Dear Death Dear Death
Sexual harassment impacts millions of women around the world.
Sep 23, 2021 / OppArt / Renee Goust
School Shootings Are More Than Just an American Issue School Shootings Are More Than Just an American Issue
Over the past two decades, America has seen more than two dozen deadly school shootings. This year, gun violence in schools has spread to Russia.
Sep 23, 2021 / Finley Muratova
Berlin Votes on Whether to Expropriate Corporate Landlords Berlin Votes on Whether to Expropriate Corporate Landlords
Instead of just complaining about the city’s rampant gentrification, the Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen campaign offers Berliners a chance to do something to increase the suppl...
Sep 23, 2021 / Andrew Pasquier
Is There a Better Way to Tell the Story of Nonhuman Life? Is There a Better Way to Tell the Story of Nonhuman Life?
Thalia Field’s Personhood challenges us to examine how human language has made it harder to care for the natural world.
Sep 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
December 3, 1975 December 3, 1975
a golden shovel My mother wakes early to go to church. Dawn redux. Her áo dài is Virgin Mary blue. Her hair is still long, reflecting light. A border control officer filters throug…
Sep 23, 2021 / Poems / Cathy Linh Che
The Battle for Thacker Pass The Battle for Thacker Pass
In Nevada’s high desert, environmentalists, Indigenous organizers, and ranchers have locked arms to block a lithium mine.
Sep 23, 2021 / Evan Malmgren
A Tough Candidate Forum in Virginia Previews the GOP Playbook for 2022 A Tough Candidate Forum in Virginia Previews the GOP Playbook for 2022
Democratic delegate Nancy Guy is facing an über-Trumper using culture war garbage against her. And it could work.
Sep 22, 2021 / Joan Walsh